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Once Upon a Line (2016)

G | | Animation , Short , Comedy | July 2016 (Cyprus)
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A man leads a monotone, humdrum existence until he meets somebody.

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Alicja Jasina

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Alicja Jasina
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Entertaining Short
26 February 2017 | by Michael_Elliott – See all my reviews

Once Upon a Line (2016)

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This here is a pretty entertaining animated short that shows how a man's routine life got a bit of energy after meeting a special woman. The animation to this is quite simple and I guess you'd say old-fashioned as well but that's just part of the charm and it turns out to be rather entertaining. This here was on a short list of films that just missed out on a Best Animated Short Oscar-nomination and I think it could be said that this here was worthy and especially compared to one of the film's that did get a nomination. I really liked the tone of the picture and I thought director Alicja Jasina did a very good job at telling the story and giving it a very good flow from start to finish.
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