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The Gift

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  • 2010
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The Gift (2010)
Sci-FiShort

A messenger delivers a mysterious box to a wealthy man.A messenger delivers a mysterious box to a wealthy man.A messenger delivers a mysterious box to a wealthy man.

  • Director
    • Carl Rinsch
  • Writer
    • Carl Rinsch
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    6.9/10
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    • Director
      • Carl Rinsch
    • Writer
      • Carl Rinsch
    • 31User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    7curryandrice

    The Gift

    The robot and the box may exist in the near future, but town exists in the present age. I think the director mismatched between the robot and the town. Who is the robot? I want to who the robot is and why does the robot steal the box.Why was everyone charmed by the box? It brings unhappiness. Will the boy pick up the box? I think the boy won't pick it up, but he will open the box. I'm interested in thinking about the end of the movie. This movie is short. I want to see a long version. I also got excited by the car action scene. The scene is powerful. The movie contains grotesque scenes. I like it, but there are a lot of people who don't like a grotesque scenes.
    fbcandy

    thrilling and complicated

    This short film is a bit thrilling and complicated. I could not understand what is going on in the story and most people would probably not be able to understand what the gift truly is the first time they watch it. However, after we figure it out, this short film's story becomes very clear. Also, though we do not understand what the gift truly is, we can not take our eyes off from the film because it makes us be drawn into it. The view of the world in this film is like a science fiction and there are some thrilling scenes. The scenes change at a dizzy speed and it ends very suddenly. I can not say what happens at the end, but I really want to see a continuation of this film. I recommend you to watch it a few times to figure out what the gift is and you will be satisfied by it.
    p_san331

    another world

    It seemed that this 5 minute SF film contained a plot of a long film. The film takes place in a parallel world where the civilization is higher than ours. The film starts out as if it is a slow tempo film but as it goes on it picks up its pace and becomes an action film in the end. The more it goes on the more you are drawn in the film. It doesn't matter if you understand the language. The action will do the job. It makes you think about the near future and the ending of the film left out the viewers to think what would happen in the 'other' world. By the way of ending, it make us feel the story is going to continue. It makes me excited.
    v-51855

    Clear Visual

    A man is on a train and carrying a wrapped present. He goes forward and finds masked robots. And he goes forward more, a robot animal comes to him. After he gets on a long escalator, he comes up on the ground. There are many robots and they look as if they rules everything. A man enters a house and gives an old man the present. However it is the factor of tragedy.

    First of all, I was surprised by the visual beauty. The image is so clear and I feel I'm there. Also it was shot at a real place, the Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo and audiences may think it will happen in the future.

    The first time I saw this film, I couldn't understand the very meaning. What's unicorn? What's the box? However I can understand it completely.
    8Hitchcoc

    Mobile Destruction

    A Russian man delivers a present to a wealthy man, but when it is opened, the box that is in it kills him. This leads to the box changing hands several times, always with destruction in its wake. The country is a combination of futurism with robots all over the place and a regular population in the shadow of the Kremlin. It is open to lots of interpretations but just a little too short on substance.

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    • Trivia
      This short film was created for the electronics company Phillips as part of their Parallel Lines project (eight different films with the same six lines of dialogue). This is short film #3 (original set).
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      Featured in Mikhail Boyarskiy. Mnogo let ya ne splyu po nocham (2019)

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    • Release date
      • April 8, 2010 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Подарок
    • Production companies
      • Monty Films
      • Ridley Scott Associates
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    • Runtime
      • 5m
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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