FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL 2006
Blood Tea and Red String (USA, 2005)

This is a sci-fi animation tale for adults. It is about a group of mice who play cards and drink blood tea at the same time. That’s it? No, of course not. On the other hand, a group of squirrel-like animals called the Oak Dwellers, start a journey in order to recover a doll for which they all fell in love. This doll now belongs to the mice. During this journey, they get to taste the yellow fruit, which produces hallucinations. At one point, a strange butterfly comes out of the doll’s stomach and before this happens, the squirrel-like creatures hang the doll on a tree and make it look like Jesus Christ. Is this twisted enough for you? This is an interesting little animation that resembles the work of the Czech director Jan Svankmajer.