Eight minutes of animated men arguing about mouse murder. Nick Cave narrates. It gets *worse*.
A mousetrap snaps shut. A dusty town square awakens. A group of men debate how to kill the animal in the little box – each trying to outdo the others’ increasingly sadistic fantasies. Until a stranger suggests letting the creature loose. A voice of reason? Or the sickest manipulator of them all?
Direction
Adib's patient escalation from debate to nightmare.
Acting
Nick Cave's gravelly truck driver — unsettlingly warm.
Director
Shadi Adib
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film uses classic Persian miniature aesthetics — flat perspectives, patterned backgrounds — to create distance from the horror, making the men's cruelty feel like folklore.
Nick Cave recorded his lines remotely; director Shadi Adib sent him drawings and he improvised the rhythm. The 'truck driver' didn't exist in early drafts.
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