Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

2011 · 15 min · Animation

"Happy Birthday" is an outlook vision about the duel between the bible hero Jesus and a man-made robot. Does the robot manage to break the formed dogmas and convert the religion into his favour or will the status quo remain firm?

Directed by Riho Unt · Written by Riho Unt

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Tõnu Oja Robot (voice)
Priit Võigemast Jesus (voice)

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