‘Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them…’
‘and then…there are others…’
…like Harvie Krumpet.
He was born upside down in a village in Poland in 1922. He has Tourette’s Syndrome and he is the unluckiest person in the world. This short clay-animation is his biography. Directed by Adam Elliot (Max and Mary), this 23 minutes film won an Oscar and 19 other prizes.
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