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| Directed by Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove |
| Canada, 1999 (animation / children's, 13 minutes, colour, English) |
| Also known as "Le village des idiots" |
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| Image: © National Film Board of Canada |
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Video (National Film Board of Canada)
Video (National Film Board of Canada) [French] |
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Film Description: "Weary of daily life in his native village of Chelm, Shmendrik sets out on a quest for knowledge that brings him to a new Chelm, a place remarkably like the old Chelm, down to the chicken's reminiscent clucks. Based on a Jewish folk tale, adapted by John Lazarus, Village of Idiots is the story of Shmendrik's new life and its uncanny closeness to his old life; offering an extremely funny take on our tendency to romanticize what we don't have. The animators filmed paper cut-outs on layers of glass to achieve the rich, textured visuals." -- National Film Board of Canada (source) |
| Film Credits (partial): | |
| Written by: | John Lazarus |
| Produced by: | David Verrall, Michael Scott, John Spotton, John Taylor, Dennis Murphy, Gerry Flahive, Barrie Angus McLean, David Verrall |
| Narrator: | Nicholas Rice |
| Animation: | Eugene Fedorenko, Rose Newlove |
| Music: | Normand Roger |
| Production Company: | National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada |
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