Underplayed Gems

Village of Idiots (1991)

Village of Idiots poster
Directed by
Rose Newlove, Eugene Fedorenko
Genre
animation
Country
Canada
Runtime
12 min
Rated
14A
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A short animated comedy that retells classic Jewish folk tales about the Wise Men of Chelm. The film uses simple animation to show the humorous and absurd adventures of these well-meaning but foolish characters.

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What happens

Village of Idiots is a Canadian short animated comedy based on the classic humorous Jewish folk tales about the Wise Men of Chełm, directed and animated by Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove, written by John Lazarus, and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Fedorenko is the Academy Award-winning animator of the 1979 NFB short Every Child. In 1999, it was one of four films in the 1st Annual Animation Show of Shows. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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