The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1992)

Original title

Сон смешного человека

Directed by

Aleksandr Petrov

Genre

animation, drama

Country

Russia

Runtime

20 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A misanthropic man finds his outlook changed after a chance meeting with a young girl. The film is a paint-on-glass animation based on a Dostoyevsky story.

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What happens

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Russian: Сон смешного человека Son smeshnovo cheloveka) is a 1992 Russian animated short film directed by Aleksandr Petrov. It tells the story of a misanthropic man who begins to regain his will to live after a chance encounter with a young girl. The film was made using paint-on-glass animation. It is based on the 1877 short story with the same title by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The film won several festival awards including the prize for best film in its length category at the 1992 Ottawa International Animation Festival. It was nominated for the Nika Award for Best Animated Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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