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Zoetrope

1999 · 0h 18m · Science Fiction · United States of America

Zoetrope is a haunting and surreal film set in an apocalyptic, decaying world. Based on Franz Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony”, a man is imprisoned for an unnamed crime and tortured by a nameless sadistic bureaucrat. As the chilling nightmare unfolds, the prisoner peels away the layers of his own metaphysical existence, inching ever closer to his inescapable fate.

Directed by
Charlie Deaux
Written by
Charlie Deaux
Starring
Nigel Bonfield, Michael Bradley, Robert Deacon
5.9Smart score

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existentialisminterrogationsuicide thoughts

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