The Butterfly
Бабочка
Babochka (ru)
Пеперуда (bg)
Liblikas (et)
Con bướm (vi)
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Бабочка
Babochka (ru)
Пеперуда (bg)
Liblikas (et)
Con bướm (vi)
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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 |
Animator.ru profile | Ru, En |
(No subtitles available)
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
DISCUSSION
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Absolutely loved the technique, colours and surrealist scenes on this! Will definitely save it on a playlist
>>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).
>>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