The Butterfly (Бабочка, 1972) by Andrey Hrzhanovskiy

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The Butterfly
Бабочка
Babochka (ru)
Пеперуда (bg)
Liblikas (et)
Con bướm (vi)

Year 1972
Director(s) Hrzhanovskiy Andrey
Studio(s) Soyuzmultfilm
Language(s) (wordless)
Russian
Genre(s) Surrealism/dream-logic
Animation Type(s)  Cutout
Drawn (cel)
Live-action
Mixed
Paint
Length 00:09:37
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Description:

How far can the confrontation between nature and civilization go? Metaphorical animation about a boy and his butterfly connection with music by Alfred Schnittke.

No words except for the sign on the building at 2:17, which says "Not being careful around flames is a cause of house-fires".

Awards:
1973 - Gijón (Spain) - 1st IFF for Children and Youth - Special Jury Prize
1973 - Tehran (Iran) - VIII IFF for Children and Youth - Diploma of the Pedagogical Faculty of the Iranian University

 

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1.Malva_miravis

Absolutely loved the technique, colours and surrealist scenes on this! Will definitely save it on a playlist


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2.Admin

>>1
I agree, this is one of my favourites as well. Also, for how abstract and metaphorical parts of it are, it is surprisingly well-received by children.

I've got to add more of Hrzhanovskiy's films on here, but many of them require attentive and careful translation (such as his famous Pushkin trilogy).


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3.Malva_miravis

>>2
Will try to watch them !
Despite the "weirdness" of the film, the metaphore is quite simple so o I wouldn't be surprised if kids understood it, but I'm also surprised how kids weren't scared of the surrealism and disturbing scenes haha, but I guess it was the times


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