La Noria

La Noria

Directed by Carlos Baena

Produced by Nightwheel Pictures

201813 min7.3 / 10

A darkly surreal animated short that uses a child's creative passion as a gateway into an unsettling, dreamlike encounter with the strange and inexplicable.

A young boy who loves to draw and build ferris wheels encounters strange creatures that turn his life upside down.

Questions people ask

  • Is La Noria scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is La Noria sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Does La Noria end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is La Noria easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is La Noria violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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.

89/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise92

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love80

How much audiences actually like it

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Like La Noria

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as La Noria

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like La Noria, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like La Noria, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like La Noria, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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