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Pastoral

1998 · 12 min

A grubby, funny little hangover dream that drifts from deadpan rural misery into surreal underwater strangeness.

Directed by
Igor Volchek
Genres
Animation
Overview
An ironic cartoon about the idyllic life of rural alcoholics. Early morning. Waking up hungover, a man catches a worm and goes fishing with his dog and cat. He baits the worm and sends it underwater... There's no bite and there won't be, but there will be friends with booze, a drunken tractor, underwater horrors, and a worm who's fed up with everything...
How it feels
Absurd, satirical, dark and cynical. Brisk and needs your attention.
About
Addiction, isolation, survival, friendship
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Igor Volchek
Genres
Animation
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour7
Realism4
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
animation
Directed by
Igor Volchek
Written by
Alexander Zaytsev, Igor Volchek
Runtime
12 min
Country
Belarus

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