Michele è, alla vista di tutti, un ragazzo come tanti, immerso in una cittadina, trafficata e caotica, come tante. In un clima di monotonia e insoddisfazione, michele, fugge da se stesso, rimandando continuamente, alla soglia dei suoi 25 anni, un confronto diretto con le sue ambizioni, il suo passato ed i suoi traguardi. Le giornate si trascinano dunque, piatte, al ritmo di un lento valzer, nel quale, Michele, pare crogiolarsi in maniera malsana. Ma ben presto qualcosa va storto, il meccanismo si inceppa: Una serie di eventi, tra lo straordinario e il drammatico, costringeranno Michele a fare i conti con se stesso e con il suo passato.
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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