Variété is a comical animation film about a plate spinner. The youg artist starts his act by placing his parents on the revolving plate. He spins them around fast, balancing them high on top of the long pole. Then he does the same with a girlfriend and a school teacher. While he keeps several poles with plates with people in balance, he slowly grows older. His act becomes more and more hectic and difficult when more people keep turning up on stage to get spinned on plates; friends, a demanding boss, a wife ... Soon plates begin to fall.
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The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
This is a charming animated film. It is a hand drawn cartoon with what looks like computer added blurs. He throws the people in his life on top of the plates and tries to keep them all spinning. It seems to be a comment on the phrase that we all have to keep many plates spinning in our life. It is well paced and funny with no dialog and a nice musical score. The drawing is a bit loose and crude but the film is still fun, with some exaggerated action and gestures. The drawing style reminds me of Jim Tyer's animation at Terrytoons.This film was selected as one of the finalists in contention for an Academy Award in the short film category.
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