With financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Animos studio
A Kirill Kravchenko film
Part of the auteur film almanac "Mirror 2"
The Circle of Life
A Tibetan tale
Sky-high in the mountains of Tibet
there once lived a small bird named Chatatutu.
One day Chatatutu made a nest in the grass
and laid three eggs there.
Chatatutu flew off to find some food.
And the lizard came out...
To find some also...
Little Chatatutu got very upset...
And she flew to the Phoenix bird,
the queen of all birds,
to find protection from the Pika lizard.
Oh, Phoenix!
That robber, Pika, ate two of my eggs...
Please protect my last egg
and punish the evil lizard!
Stupid bird,
Don't you dare disturb me for mere trifles!
Every mother should take care of her children herself!
Oh, Phoenix, my problem is but a trifle to you...
but even this trifle may lead to greater trouble!
Go!
Why did you burn my nest?!
Oh, Phoenix, I was just swimming...
and all of a sudden, this crazy lion bit my tail!
It's him you should blame!
I was sleeping,
and this mad lizard jumped into my nose!
It is she who is guilty!
Oh, beautiful Phoenix!
I was having a peaceful walk...
when this worthless Chatatutu shot an arrow into my eye!
She is to be blamed for everything!
So it was YOU...?!
Oh, Phoenix! You said I should protect my children myself.
I did just that.
Here, look!
screenwriter, director, artist Kirill Kravchenko
music Leks Grigoryev voice Dmitriy Dmitriev
animators Kirill Kravchenko, Aleksandr Ilyash, Diana Sineokova
sound Aleksey Korotkov artists Zhanna Smetanina, Inna Nikitina
production director Kseniya Molodyakova producer Tengiz Semyonov project supervisor Natalya Orlova
The film is made with the participation of CISC company Mediaproduction (c) LLC video studio Animos, 2015
The End
Subs by Niffiwan, partly based on earlier hard-subs, 2026.08 Animatsiya.net