The Luncheon on the Grass (1979)

Original title

Завтрак на траве

Directed by

Nikolay Aleksandrovich

Genre

musical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

2h 15m

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 4 voters

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

A young boy is given a book of impressionist paintings which inspires him to create his own art. The film follows his everyday adventures and friendships at a summer camp.

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What happens

The Luncheon on the Grass (Russian: Завтрак на траве, romanized: Zavtrak na trave) is a 1979 Soviet children's two-part television film directed by Nikolai Alexandrovich based on the stories of Anatoly Chernousov. The film is titled after the painting Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe / The Luncheon on the Grass by Claude Monet from the album of the Impressionists, presented to young cartoonist-surrealist Dima Murashkin by Pioneer leader Ivan Kovalyov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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