Sientje (2000)
5/10
Basic animation for a simple tale of a tantrum-throwing child.
20 June 2000
I saw this in the theatrical compilation Spike and Mike's Classic Festival of Animation; it was neither the zenith or nadir of the show.

A simplistically rendered girl (who looks much like the comic strip character "Cathy") screams and cries, and her environment changes to reflect her thoughts and mood. After she's finished, we discover she's been in a sort of time-out room, and her mother comes inside and gets her.

That's about it. There is no underlying meaning or symbolism (that I picked up anyway). It seemed to be an exercise in animation, and an experiment in visually showing inner emotions.

The one thing that is impressive is that this is the director's first work; while just average as a short, it's impressive for a first effort.
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