Yes, very. More frightening than 95% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Balance easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Balance end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Not especially. Less violent than 62% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Balance

Name: Balance
Genre: Drama, Animation
Released: 1989
Duration: 7 min
Rating: 7.5

Directed by Wolfgang Lauenstein, Christoph Lauenstein

Produced by Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg, GHK Kassel

19897 min7.5 / 10

A darkly surreal stop-motion allegory about greed and collective survival, where men on a precarious platform must maintain equilibrium or perish together.

The setting is on a floating platform where a group of evenly and carefully placed men live. Each man is aware that the platform is not stable and in order not to fall to their deaths, they maintain a careful balance of weight to prevent the platform from tipping too far and cause them all to fall.

Clusters

Reality Turning Into Horror Paranoid Reality Breakdown Ambiguous Mental Breakdown Stories Art and Philosophy Movements Water Sports and Diving

Genres

Drama Animation

Keywords

Politics Greed Surrealism Stop Motion Selfishness Balance Fishing Pole Short Film

Questions people ask

Is Balance scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 95% of films.
Is Balance easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Does Balance end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Balance sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Balance violent? Not especially. Less violent than 62% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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