The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (film)

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.[1]

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Directed byAleksandr Petrov
Screenplay byAleksandr Petrov
Based on"The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
CinematographySergey Reshetnikov
Edited byLyudmila Putyatina
Music byAleksandr Raskatov
Running time
20 minutes
CountryRussia

The film won several festival awards including the prize for best film in its length category at the 1992 Ottawa International Animation Festival.[1] It was nominated for the Nika Award for Best Animated Film.[2]

References

  1. "Сон смешного человека". Animator.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  2. "Номинанты Национальной кинематографической премии "НИКА" за 1992 год". kino-nika.com (in Russian). Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science. Archived from the original on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2015-08-21.


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