Over Dinner (Over Dinner) (2013)

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"DIR: Marcus Armitage SUMMARY: A family have their last meal together before the son joins the army. WHY IT'S HERE: Marcus Armitage's 3 minute oil-on-glass animation 'Over Dinner' captures a moment in time with gut-wrenching accuracy as a family dine together on the night before the son leaves for the army. Armitage invests the parents with touchingly recognisable emotions, combining pride and sadness, but it is the son's mental state that the short focuses on, as the reality of his decision "

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"DIR: Marcus Armitage SUMMARY: A family have their last meal together before the son joins the army. WHY IT'S HERE: Marcus Armitage's 3 minute oil-on-glass animation 'Over Dinner' captures a moment in time with gut-wrenching accuracy as a family dine together on the night before the son leaves for the army. Armitage invests the parents with touchingly recognisable emotions, combining pride and sadness, but it is the son's mental state that the short focuses on, as the reality of his decision be"