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拖延涌水

Short, Animation, Experimental, Surreal

China

2026

Runtime, min

A man boards a train that cannot depart and is drawn into a shifting forest dreamscape, where threads growing from his own body entangle him. When he tears them apart, the same threads rebuild the train and carry him forward.

Director:

Xianzhi Zhang

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