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The Bench

2004 · 7 min

A gentle, playful short that turns a simple sacrifice into a warm lesson about friendship.

Directed by
Denis Chernov
Genres
Animation, Tv movie
Overview
Inspiration doesn't strike often, and sometimes it ends where you least expect it. Inseparable friends Krosh and Hedgehog find themselves in a difficult situation. To save the absent-minded poet Barash, they must sacrifice the thing most precious to Krosh...
How it feels
Warm, light and whimsical. Brisk and easy to follow.
About
Friendship, identity, art
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Denis Chernov
Genres
Animation, Tv movie
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
timeless
Audience
kids
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism2
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

Cast

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Details

Genres
animation, tv movie
Directed by
Denis Chernov
Written by
Alexey Lebedev
Starring
Vadim Bochanov, Anton Vinogradov, Igor Dmitriev, Vladimir Postnikov
Runtime
7 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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