There Will Come Soft Rains
Nov 01 1984
•0h 10m
•Animation, Science Fiction
In this animated short based on a short story from Ray Bradbury, the viewer observes a computer-controlled house in the near future and learns of the fates of its occupants.
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Aleksey Konsovskiy
Narrator
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