One Rat Short

One Rat Short

One Rat Short

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One Rat Short

2006

0h 10m

6.6(19 votes)

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A city rat pursues a nearly empty bag of cheese snacks that's drifting in the breeze. His journey takes him through a vent into a highly mechanized rat lab, where one particular white female gets his attention.

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Directed by: Alex Weil
Written by: Alex Weil

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