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One Hundred Buttons

1983 · 4 min

A gentle, playful little fable that turns a simple household task into a quietly charming transformation.

Directed by
Sergey Olifirenko
Genres
Animation
Starring
Nina Shmelkova
Overview
A boy wants to learn how to sew buttons, and following his mother's advice, he sews a hundred buttons, transforming his apartment in the process.

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Directed by
Sergey Olifirenko
Genres
Animation
Starring
Nina Shmelkova
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • coming-of-age
    • art
    • work
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    • animated
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism4
    Romance0
    Tension1
    Darkness1
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
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    Directed by
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    Written by
    Lyudmila Ulitskaya
    Starring
    Nina Shmelkova
    Runtime
    4 min
    Country
    Soviet Union

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