Synopsis
$9.99 (2009) is Tatia Rosenthal's stop-motion animation for grown-ups, and you can watch it online on iFILM. The film is built from short stories by Israeli writer Etgar Keret.
Out-of-work Dave answers an ad for a glossy booklet that promises the meaning of life for just $9.99. Around him, an apartment block holds other people chasing the same answer in stranger ways. An old man takes in a foul-tempered angel. A model looks for the perfect man on very particular terms. A lonely guy shares his room with three tiny, hard-partying men, and a small boy strikes up a real friendship with his piggy bank. The vignettes are sad, absurd and quietly tender.
Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Ben Mendelsohn and Joel Edgerton lend their voices, and the Australian-Israeli production was animated by hand, frame by frame, over several years. This is no kids' cartoon — it's a fable about money, faith and loneliness for anyone drawn to Charlie Kaufman and adult animation. Stream $9.99 online on iFILM.
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