About the Fisherman and the Fish (2003)

Original title

О рыбаке и рыбке

Directed by

Natalya Dabizha

Genre

cinematic fairy tale

Country

Russia

Runtime

13 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor fisherman catches a magical fish that grants wishes. His wife demands increasingly lavish rewards until her greed goes too far.

fairytale-likewhimsicalslow-pacednostalgicvisually stylizedmoralisticmelancholic

What happens

«О рыбаке́ и ры́бке» — российский кукольный мультфильм 2002 года студии «Союзмультфильм», который создала режиссёр Наталия Дабижа по мотивам «Сказки о рыбаке и рыбке» (1833) Александра Сергеевича Пушкина. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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