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Unicorn Wars (15) + ScreenTalk

Animation at War

,Cinema 3
Unicorn Wars

Director Alberto Vazquez’s heady and provocative Unicorn Wars is a multi-coloured mix of ultra-cute characters and ultra-violent scenes of senseless, totalitarian conflict.

Equal parts cuddly and crude, this Spanish-language animation from director Alberto Vazquez (Birdboy: The Forgotten Children) pits teddy bears against unicorns in an ultra-violent, stylised mash-up of Bambi and Apocalypse Now, using animation as a trojan horse to upset expectations as humour gives way to horror.

Teddy Bears and Unicorns are locked in an ancestral war, and a new generation of cuddly recruits have been trained up, doped up and sent to the slaughter. As their tour of duty through the Magic Forest turns towards psychological horror, Vazquez uses his candy-coloured premise to explore themes of religious zealotry, the tortured legacies of military fascism, and the depths of the soul.

Tagged with: Cinema Animation at War

In Spanish with English subtitles

Film information
  • Release year   2022
  • Country   Spain
  • Director   Alberto Vázquez
  • Runtime  

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