The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

Name: The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Genre: Animation, Drama
Released: 1992-10-02
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

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1992

Release Year

20 min

Runtime

Animation

Drama

Overview

An animated short film based on the 1877 short story written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing to live for in the world, and is therefore determined to commit suicide. A chance encounter with a young girl changes his mind.

Keywords

dreams

memory

suicidal thoughts

humanity

paint-on-glass

short film

Cast

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

April 7, 2024

7/10

Yet again, Petrov's attention to expressive detail is superb in this adaptation of Dostoevsky's story. We meet a man travelling on a train - well his body is, his mind is elsewhere. The dull, monotonic, narration tells us he is dwelling on the futility of his life and on thoughts of a bullet putting…

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