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Ferdinand Ehrhardt · Germany · Dark Comedy / Drama / Stop-Motion · 13 min · ♥︎ 223

Directed by Ferdinand Ehrhardt · Starring Sebastian Ganschow, Peter Schneider, David Gordon Smith, Konrad Wipp · 2024

At a remote gas station, a perpetually freezing man takes comfort in a nightly microwaved-sandwich ritual, until someone witnesses his private moment.

A quirky, melancholic stop-motion about loneliness and the small rituals that keep us warm.

At a remote gas station, a constantly freezing man finds comfort in his nightly ritual involving a microwaved sandwich. When someone witnesses his private moment, his carefully structured routine starts to unravel.

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