The Straw That Broke

"The Straw That Broke" is a surrealist, micro-budget meta-fiction feature blending retro-futuristic aesthetics with philosophy to explore the boundaries between reality and the digital realm. "The virtual is viral," announces Clea Bardan, editor at DeBase SF, to Claudia Weiss, her overworked author of futuristic pulp fiction. Clea demands an impossible task: write five volumes within 31 hours. Claudia's journey spans from Stuttgart to Nueva York, a Harkonnen spaceship, and a water-based planet holding the secret to saving the multiverse from the O-Cloud—a virus destroying sentient life at its ontological core. But how much of this reality is authentic, and can a talking mouse from Claudia's own stories save the multiverse? Using diverse cinematic devices, the film tackles deep metaphysical questions while remaining a poignant story about loss, love, and hope for us all.

Cast

Robert Besta

Robert Besta

as Roithammer

Manuel Harder

Manuel Harder

as Markus

Santiago Ziesmer

Santiago Ziesmer

as Encyclopedia Mouse

Claudia Gallatz

Claudia Gallatz

as Claudia Weiss

Manja Kuhl

Manja Kuhl

as Clea Bardan

Konrad Lucas

Konrad Lucas

as Flint McCrae

Gabrielle Zimmermann

Gabrielle Zimmermann

as Dr. Zimmermann

Reviews

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Review by the German Federal Film and Media Assessment Board (FBW) Rating: Certified "Highly Commended" (Prädikat Wertvoll) Starting from a frigidly futuristic business setting, an appropriately detached editor gives the chronically underpaid author Claudia the assignment to write five volumes...

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