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Hourglass

1987 · 10 min

A short, gentle animated mystery that follows two curious kids as they quietly investigate an odd grown-up.

Directed by
Yefrem Pruzhanskyi
Genres
Animation
Starring
Borys Vozniuk
Overview
A new counselor appears in the pioneer camp, whom the guys called the Beard. Boy Petya notices that Beard has a rather strange behavior. The boy decides to figure out what is happening together with his girlfriend Tanya.

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Directed by
Yefrem Pruzhanskyi
Genres
Animation
Starring
Borys Vozniuk
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • mystery
    • identity
    Places
    • small town
    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
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism5
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Genres
    animation
    Directed by
    Yefrem Pruzhanskyi
    Written by
    Yefrem Pruzhanskyi, Borys Kryzhanivskyi
    Starring
    Borys Vozniuk
    Cinematography
    Oleksandr Mukhin
    Runtime
    10 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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