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Purity

Synopsis

Chupoo, who lives in a tree on a lonely floating elephant, is habitually woken each morning by a cheeky sausage. After this startling start to the day Chupoo spends the rest of it causing havoc and destruction wherever he goes. Through the chaos the resident creatures pull together using a specially designed mechanism to bring Chupoo his morning shower. As soon as his shower is over trained bats fly the sleeping Chupoo back up his tree to bed, only to see the rigmarole start all over again the very next morning.

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Shorts
Format
16:9
Director
Ali Taylor, Tado
Producer
Sherbet
Co-Producer
Sherbet
Editor
Rebecca Rice
Screenwriter
Ali Taylor, Tado
Sound
Metronomy
Composer
Metronomy

Genre

Experimental Woman Director Children’s Comedy

Categories

Fiction Animation

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Sherbet Ltd

112-114 Great Portland Street
London W1W 6PH
UK

T +44 (0)20 7636 6435

rebecca.rice@sherbet.co.uk

Sales Company

rebecca.rice@sherbet.co.uk

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