
Re/cycle
A forest. A bicycle. A man. Where did they come from? And where do they go?
Directed by Rene Smaal
Produced by Runlevel Two Productions
A deliberately enigmatic, avant-garde surrealist film that abandons narrative logic to explore alienation, environmental decay, and the absurdity of modern existence through found objects and nonlinear imagery.
With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense that only 'found' elements were used, and that it defies interpretation based on ordinary cause-and-effect time sequence.
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Questions people ask
Does Re/cycle end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Re/cycle sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.
Is Re/cycle easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Re/cycle violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is Re/cycle scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% 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.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
There is almost nothing else like this.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Re/cycle
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Re/cycle
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Re/cycle, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Re/cycle, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Re/cycle, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

















































