The Burden

2017 [SWEDISH]

Animation / Comedy / Drama / Musical

3
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 709 709

modern society musical stop motion woman director short film

Plot summary

A shopping center along a large highway is the scene of an apocalyptic musical. Animation with a strong sense of form set to auto-tuned music by Klungan. About liberation through great catastrophy.

Director

Niki Lindroth von Bahr Photo
Niki Lindroth von Bahr

Top cast

Mattias Fransson Photo
Mattias Fransson as Various characters
Sven Björklund Photo
Sven Björklund as Various characters
Olof Wretling Photo
Olof Wretling as Various characters
Carl Englén Photo
Carl Englén as Various characters
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137.24 MB
1280*536
Swedish 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 14 min
Seeds 17
255.11 MB
1920*804
Swedish 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 14 min
Seeds 25

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by simone1978 10 / 10

Best short of the year

I saw The Burden in Annecy this summer, and have been thinking about it since. This is an animated musical that don't look like anything else. So unique and fresh that I first didn't know how to react.It's sad but funny, weird but universal, intellectual but emotional, tragic but still uplifting. And then all the detailed craft behind the sets of and puppet animals, as well as the beautiful music - it makes you wanna see it over and over again. The fishes, the stepping mice, the apocalyptic ending...There are elements of big names like David Lynch, Roy Andersson, Lars von Trier and Wes Anderson - but basically this Swedish short is so original that it's hard to describe – you have to see it. For me, it's by far the best and most interesting short film of 2017.
Reviewed by lisajj-41301 10 / 10

Made me laugh

Besides the amazing animation, the humor is really cute and unique. Everyone was laughing in the theater. I love how it portraits life with silliness and also sarcastically point out that all our worries and suffers are just tiny silly things in the big universe and nothing really matters. "Long time... long time". The song just stuck in my head now Love it!
Reviewed by pieter-52462 10 / 10

Minimum wage dystopia

I went to an animation conference and Niki was the first speaker, and the only one that interested me, although I was unaware of her work at the time.... I've now watched The Burden 5 times in 3 days and am very enchanted. I marked it 10 stars although that was a bit generous.A friend whose opinions I trust absolutely hated it.However as a piece of animation to tell the story of how disassociated those of us who have worked in minimum wage dystopia can feel, I don't think there is any equivalent...we are just endlessly floating around on the third rock from the sun and occasionally enjoying life, I instances such as this little film.Niki claimed that the budget for this film should have been 150,000 euros but she only had 75,000...If you have ever been paid minimum wage in a soulless job, you may not want to see it writ large on a screen by stop frame animated animals, however I can fully understand why the various film festivals around the world were so entranced....well worth your time.
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