Blood Tea and Red String

2006, Fantasy/Animation, 1h 9m

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Movie Info

In a forest, a group of white mice commission a doll from the Creatures Who Dwell Under The Oak. But the Creatures grow attached to the completed product and refuse to sell it to the mice. Finding an egg nearby, the Creatures sew it into the doll's belly. After the angry mice return and steal her back, the Creatures set out to rescue their beloved object, encountering a number of obstacles on their way -- from labyrinths to poisonous fruit and a sinister spider-woman.

Genre:

Fantasy, Animation
Original Language:

English
Director:

Christiane Cegavske
Producer:

Christiane Cegavske
Writer:

Christiane Cegavske
Release Date (Theaters):

Oct 4, 2006 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

May 22, 2017
Runtime:

1h 9m
Distributor:

Cinema Epoch

Cast & Crew

Christiane Cegavske
Director

Christiane Cegavske
Writer

Christiane Cegavske
Producer

Christiane Cegavske
Film Editing

Christiane Cegavske
Cinematography

Critic Reviews for Blood Tea and Red String

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Audience Reviews for Blood Tea and Red String

Jan 20, 2012

A group of white mice (who drink blood tea) steal a doll belonging to a clan of rodents in this dialogue-free stop-motion feature. Beautiful and imaginative, with hallucinogenic berries, a frog sorcerer, and a near-perfect mix of surrealism and fairy tale darkness. People say it again and again, but it's the perfect description: BLOOD TEA is like a lost Jan Svankmajer film.

Greg S Super Reviewer
Feb 09, 2011

Technically and visually a BRILLIANT little film. If you know anything about the amount of work that goes into stop motion work, you can't help but be impressed. Especially with all of the little details. The story is interesting and bizarre in a creepy/cool sort of way, but it feels a bit self-indulgent at times. A very impressive piece of art if nothing else.

Robert C Super Reviewer
Jul 15, 2009

A cute and imaginative parable of human nature, with surrealist and expressionist elements. One of the better films in its class of peres such as 'Alice' and 'The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer.'

Pamela D Super Reviewer
Apr 05, 2009

It's the mice vs. the fuzzy beaked things in a dispute over a "beautiful" doll. There are wagons pulled by turtles, hallucinogenic berries, flesh eating plants, frogs dressed like monks, and a sundry assortment of other oddities. Christiane Cegavske spent years putting this fanciful but weird stop-motion universe together. Interesting, strange and very imaginative.

Randy T Super Reviewer