Tales from the Multiverse
2020 · 7m · Estados Unidos
Directed by Magnus Møller, Mette Tange, Peter Smith
Genres: comedy, fantasy, sci-fi
Tones: absurdist, contemplative, whimsical
God is a single father and amateur programmer working on a project called Earth. Surrounded by his children, he finally makes a breakthrough.
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The scouts
God as a burnt-out dad debugging reality like it's a failed startup—this is the kind of premise that makes you groan until it actually *works*, collapsing theology and tech culture into seven minutes of genuine absurdist gold. The fact that it's whimsical without being cute, and contemplative without being precious, is exactly the subversive move most scouts would chicken out on.
The formal restraint here is quietly impressive: three directors orchestrating a domestic scene that could easily collapse into gimmick, but instead achieves a composed meditation on creation and paternity that recalls both Vigo's humanism and contemporary genre revisionism. The tonal control—holding absurdism and genuine sentiment in the same frame—suggests filmmakers aware of what they're building within.
The breakthrough moment where God's programming logic finally clicks into place is earned through a single choice: letting the children's presence become not decoration but the actual *code*, the chaotic input that solves the unsolvable—that's the kind of structural decision that transforms a high-concept premise into something that feels discovered rather than pitched.