Alarm

Alarm

Alarm

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Alarm

2009

0h 9m

6.0(38 votes)

Animation

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Snooze buttons, sunlight…the inescapable cacophony of alarm alerts: waking up in the morning is a battle between the present and the future state of mind. A dream-like war with yourself and other objects that seem to take a life of its own.

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