# animate! › Films › Soho Square by Mario Cavalli › synopses

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Discovery terms: 1990s animation, manipulated live action, digital compositing, london, urban life, public space, experimental short film, filmmaker, animation director

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**Soho Square** a film by Mario Cavalli

1992, 11 min

### animate! synopsis

Hot time, summer in the city… A hued thought in a green shade – the life of a square from flesh to ‘paint’ via video. 24 hours of light.

### long synopsis

**Soho Square** uses a painterly approach to colour and composition to evoke the atmosphere, sights and sounds of the London Square on a typical summer’s day.

The square is an oasis and a refuge for many people whose paths would not normally cross.

The wealthy and the destitute, the esoteric and the mundane: office workers, winos, tourists, police, students of Tai Chi and of Hari Krishna, gardeners and lovers.

**Soho Square** interweaves these characters, whose stories occupy the same space, but different worlds.

**Soho Square** film, stills and other materials © Mario Cavalli 1992