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Special

2006 · 75 min

A bright, fast-moving cartoon adventure with a plucky underdog hero and a simple good-versus-evil charm.

Directed by: Kirill Zlotnik
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Family
Starring: Olga Shorokhova, Sergei Yursky, Andrey Barkhudarov

Tagline: Russia's first 3D animated feature film
Overview: Sashka is a normal boy from a small provincial of Koshkin whose dream is to become special. One day he notices that everyone around him have started to behave strangely. As he finds out that he is the "special" one not affected by Uncle Tolik's mind control device, he realizes that only he can stop the evil from happening.

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Directed by: Kirill Zlotnik
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Family
Starring: Olga Shorokhova, Sergei Yursky, Andrey Barkhudarov

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
coming-of-age
power
rebellion
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	2
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: animation, adventure, family
Directed by: Kirill Zlotnik
Written by: Aleksandr Selin, Kirill Zlotnik
Starring: Olga Shorokhova, Sergei Yursky, Andrey Barkhudarov, Kseniya Gromova, Larisa Brokhman, Irina Rakhmanova, Dmitry Filimonov, Aleksandr Revenko
Music: Ilya Yermakov, Nikolay Gisich
Runtime: 75 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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