Happiness Is Not in the Hat (1968)

Directed by

Nikolay Serebryakov

Genre

fairy tale

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

17h 06m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In a small town where everyone wears a hat that defines them, a man loses his hat and sets out on a journey to find a new one. Along the way he meets odd characters who challenge what happiness and identity really mean.

whimsicalphilosophicalplayfulbittersweetcontemplativegentlefable-likethought-provoking

What happens

«Не в шляпе счастье» — советский кукольный мультипликационный фильм для взрослых, снятый режиссёром Николаем Серебряковым на студии «Союзмультфильм» в 1968 году по сценарию Генриха Сапгира и Геннадия Цыферова по мотивам сказки Овсея Дриза «Площадь шляп». (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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