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Cage

Cage

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Cage

2025

0h 1m

6.0(3 votes)

Animation

Horror

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A surreal reflection on authoritarianism, ritual, and the immigrant experience---told through a visual language of repetition, dread, and illusion.

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Directed by: Nikita Kibirev
Written by: Nikita Kibirev

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