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Puddles

Puddles

20197.00h 5m

Overview

An adventurous young boy discovers that puddles can be portals to a fantastical world, but struggles to get his sister's attention away from her phone to see the magic in the world around her.

Directed by Zach Parrish
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Top Cast

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Maddix Robinson

Noah

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Samantha Stendal

Skylar

Themes & Keywords

rainportalpuddleshort filmshort circuit

About Puddles

Puddles is a animation, fantasy film released in 2019 exploring themes of rain, portal, puddle, short film, short circuit. Directed by Zach Parrish, it stars Maddix Robinson, Samantha Stendal. An adventurous young boy discovers that puddles can be portals to a fantastical world, but struggles to get his sister's attention away from her phone to see the magic in the world around her.

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