Synopsis
This short Australian film is a childhood fantasy that is a miz between ALICE WONDERNAND and WALLACE AND GROMIT. A little girl maned Hei¾ß, os ignored by her parents, and is constantly abused by her bullish older brother. One evening a praying mantis eats some hormones and grows as large as a human. Like the white rabbit from Wonderland, the life-sized insect takes the little girl on a journey to an imaginary world. With the use of elaborate stop motion phtography, matting, and colorful lighting, THE CUCKOO is a whirling fantasy eith a shoecase of visual effects.