Synopsis
Mr Hublot (2013) is an Oscar-winning animated short by Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares that you can watch online on iFILM. Eleven minutes inside a steampunk world where the living and the mechanical blur into one.
Mr Hublot is a withdrawn eccentric ruled by obsessive routines, terrified of change and reluctant to step outside his apartment. A stray robot dog wrecks all of that — there's nothing fluffy about it, just rust, a huge appetite and a habit of growing by the day. His tidy little life tips straight into chaos.
There's almost no dialogue; the story rides on expression, sound and the clutter of a machine-built city. The look comes from the sculptures of artist Stéphane Halleux, all gears and weathered brass. It took home the Academy Award for Best Animated Short in 2014. A warm, wordless escape worth eleven minutes of anyone's evening. Stream Mr Hublot online on iFILM.
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