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
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.
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)
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