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Long Story Short (2025)
4K
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
From the creator of "BoJack Horseman" comes this animated comedy about a family over time, following siblings from childhood to adulthood and back again.
Style:
animated comedy, emotional, melancholic, visual, adult animation, surreal, sitcom, 2d animation
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family drama, memory, nostalgia, family history, flashback, dark humor, personal growth, coming of age, identity, empathy, bittersweet, trauma, healing, satire, family reunited, lesbian, life, mother, father, parents, partner, jumping, family, dysfunctional ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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