A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 18, 2014
Original Title:
Comme un rat
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 74
Like all laboratory rats, Pedro is a rattus norvegicus for more or less close vivisection. But his name is Pedro, and for a Norwegian rat it's already a problem. From his cage, the rodent observes the wanderings and disappointments of the heterogeneous visitors of his cellar, in the basement of a pharmaceutical lab. Pedro lives his life as an animal ready for all experiments even the most stupid, under the scrutiny of a band of labors and preachers preachers, more worried about whether Pedro is Spanish or Norwegian than to carry out any experience scientist. And Pedro has a certain sense of autonomy. And the musical ear, too.
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