Decorado

Alberto Vázquez follows up Birdboy: The Forgotten Children and Unicorn Wars with this surreal animated tale about confronting authority and status quo.

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Credits

  • Director

    Alberto Vázquez

  • Screenwriters

    Alberto Vázquez, F Xavier Manuel

  • Spain 2025. 95min

  • Courtesy of

    Le Pacte

  • Language

    Spanish

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Arnold, a middle-aged mouse who challenges everything, from the ruling corporation that governs his society to the giant owl citizens live in fear of, is feeling overwhelmed. While his wife chats with the Depression Fairy, Arnold takes drastic action to prove there is truth to his paranoia. This darkly comic dystopian tale about nonconformity and questioning those in power is an animated delight.

Justin Johnson

With thanks to the Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom and Instituto Cervantes Londres

How to book

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