This is a Russian animated short film that runs for slightly under half an hour and was made by Aleksandr Petrov almost 10 years ago, so far his last work of a director. Petrov has been pretty successful with the Academy. He made 6 animated films. 4 of them got an Academy Award nomination and one of these got the win, all in the animated short film category. However, this one here did not win and I am not really mad about it. The animation style I am not the biggest fan of, although it's okay and not the biggest weakness of the film. The biggest weakness may be that it just throws crucial story points out there and does not properly elaborate on these, such as the artificial eye or the man that the young woman is supposed to marry. Or even the general idea of a teenage boy with 2 love interests, which is a good one, but I felt they did not really make the most of this premise. I am not sure if that is Petrov's fault or the fault of Ivan Shmelyov. The latter, by the way is credited as being responsible for the screenplay, which is not true. He wrote the piece that this is based on, but was long dead when Petrov made this one here. Maybe it helps to understand this short film if you have read Shmelyov's work, but this should not be a requirement. All in all, not recommended.
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