What if your doctor treated your absurd ailments with even more absurdity?
Aboard their cart, Dr. Rhubarb and assistant Cough travel from house to house to cure absurd diseases with their innovative remedies. Loosely inspired by 18th-century prints and cartoons about fear of disease and doctors, an exploration of the mystery of healing and thaumaturgy.
Practical Effects
Stop-motion puppetry with genuine 18th-century print textures.
Direction
Sibling directors balancing grotesque and adorable perfectly.
Director
Stefano Tambellini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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