'The Polar Express' (2004)
A wondrously imaginative, diverse, and spirited allegory of childhood and the arduousness of adulthood.
Dawn
A girl, locked in a room, makes a magical portal to escape reality using her imagination, a stuffed rabbit and a diamond. She travels to a dark forest where she meets a mysterious man with an animal mask. Back to reality, her domineering mother prepares a birthday cake and after a while enters the room. The girl seems indifferent during the visit, but suddenly decides to hug her mother. Soon, the mother is seduced and lured into a dance with her daughter, only to find herself trapped on the other side of the portal, into the dark world her daughter created.
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A girl, locked in a room, makes a magical portal to escape reality using her imagination, a stuffed rabbit and a diamond. She travels to a dark forest where she meets a mysterious man with an animal mask. Back to reality, her domineering mother prepares a birthday cake and after a while enters the room. The girl seems indifferent during the visit, but suddenly decides to hug her mother. Soon, the mother is seduced and lured into a dance with her daughter, only to find herself trapped on the other side of the portal, into the dark world her daughter created.
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