We Were Not Made For This World

We Were Not Made For This World

We Were Not Made For This World

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We Were Not Made For This World

"A robot searches for his creator in the desert lands outside his city."

2014

0h 3m

5.0(5 votes)

Science Fiction

Overview

"We Were Not Made For This World” is a existential sci-fi short film directed by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Colin West McDonald, based on a comic of the same name by cartoonist Paul Hornschemeier that features a rapidly declining robot wandering aimlessly through the desert.

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Mark Stampley

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Tina Matthews

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