Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her project take on a life of their own.
Practical Effects
Hand-crafted stop-motion that genuinely looks like it's rotting.
Acting
Franciosi's physical performance mirrors her puppets' jerky anguish.
Direction
Morgan blurs live action and animation until you can't trust your eyes.
Director
Robert Morgan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Robert Morgan spent 15 years developing this after his acclaimed short 'The Separation'; the feature's production design uses actual vintage stop-motion equipment from the 1980s.
The film deliberately mirrors the production's own tension: Franciosi performed many scenes alone on sparse sets, mirroring Ella's isolation, and the animation team experienced genuine psychological strain completing the darker sequences.
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