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The Return

1980 · 10 min

A quiet, dreamlike short that blends cosmic tension with tender nostalgia, unfolding slowly and leaving a lingering sense of wonder and unease.

Directed by
Vladimir Tarasov
Genres
Science fiction, Animation
Starring
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Vasiliy Livanov, Viktor Balashov
Overview
A Space travel comes to an end and before the landing the Cosmonaut falls asleep. He does not hear signals from the Earth. The disaster approaches. When the ship flies over the native house of the Cosmonaut, the ring of the alarm clock which the Grandfather winded up sounds and the Cosmonaut wakes up.

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Directed by
Vladimir Tarasov
Genres
Science fiction, Animation
Starring
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Vasiliy Livanov, Viktor Balashov
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • memory
  • survival
  • family
  • fate
Places
  • space
  • home
Era
near-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism3
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
science fiction, animation
Directed by
Vladimir Tarasov
Written by
Boris Ryakhovsky
Starring
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Vasiliy Livanov, Viktor Balashov
Music
Gustav Mahler
Cinematography
Kabul Rasulov
Runtime
10 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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