Pathos (film)
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Pathos is a 2009 Italian short science-fiction horror film. It was created by the independent Illusion Video Production company. One of the founders of the company, Fabio Prati,[1][2][3] also plays the unnamed protagonist in his first screen role.[6][7] The short was made in the filmmakers' spare time.[5][8] Set in a dystopian,[7][9] post-apocalyptic Earth, the film depicts human beings living isolated from one other, slaves of a system of their own invention in control of their senses, thoughts and actions,[10] paying for intense virtual reality "lives" based on a digital copy of human civilisation before its collapse.[11] The short has been compared to the works of Philip K. Dick,[9] and to feature films such as THX-1138, Avalon, Total Recall, and, most frequently, The Matrix.[12][6][13][14]
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Production company | Illusion Video Production[3] |
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Running time | 17 minutes[1] |
Country | Italy[2] |
Language | Italian |
Budget | effectively nil[5] |
The short won several awards and honours. Since its original festival run, Pathos has received general theatrical releases through its inclusion in a pair of science-fiction horror anthology films, Corti - Pacchetto Viola (Italy, 2012), and Galaxy of Horrors (Canada, 2017).