Tom Sweep

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Tom Sweep
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Directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit
Written by Michaël Dudok de Wit
Produced by Jill Thomas
Richard Purdum Productions
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
3 minutes
CountryFrance
Languageno dialogue

Tom Sweep is an animated short film made by Michaël Dudok de Wit in 1992.

About the film

The author, Michaël Dudok de Wit, said that "Tom Sweep" was intended to be one of a series of films. Unlike the two following films " The Monk and the Fish " (1994) and " Father and Daughter " (2000), it is structured around a single camera angle.


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