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A bizarre, even absurd puppet film full of black humor that will completely shock you while making you laugh. It presents a day on a gray Moscow street during which life and death are treated rather cavalierlypassersby watch with their own personal interest while an old man hangs onto the edge of a roof. In the meantime, the mishap of several old hags and an unfortunate tomcat create a situation typical for the Russian imagination and literature of the between-war period, the difficult time in which it was written.
35mm | 15' | © 1999
director(s): Aurel Klimt
producer(s): Czech Television, FAMU, Krátký Film Praha
scriptwriter(s): Aurel Klimt
director of photography: Zdeněk Pospíšil
cast: artist: Aurel Klimt
rights available: TV, Video
other data: Festival Awards
Kristian - Prize of the Czech film Critique for the best animation, 1999
Golden Danzante (Main Prize), Don Quijote Award and Special Mention - Festival de Cine de Huesca, 2000
Prize Laboratorio Mediterraneo Alpe Adria Cinema, Italy, 2000