Underplayed Gems

The Last Petal (1977)

The Last Petal poster
Original title
Последний лепесток
Directed by
Roman Kachanov
Genre
cinematic fairy tale
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
26h 24m
Rating
7.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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

A girl receives a magical flower that can grant seven wishes with its petals. She must choose carefully what to wish for as the petals run out.

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What happens

L'ultimo petalo (in russo Последний лепесток?, traslitterato: Poslednij lepestok) è un cortometraggio d'animazione sovietico del 1977 realizzato dallo studio Sojuzmul'tfil'm di Mosca e diretto da Roman Kačanov. La trama si basa sulla fiaba Tsvetik-semitsvetik scritta da Valentin Petrovič Kataev nel 1940, dalla quale la Sojuzmul'tfil'm aveva già tratto un film d'animazione nel 1948, Il fiore fatato. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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