Roman KACHANOV
Роман КАЧАНОВ
Roman KATCHANOV
Russia, 1972, 9mn 
animation
Mummy
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Мама

 

 Maman

 Mama

 
Directed by : Roman KACHANOV (Роман КАЧАНОВ)
Writing credits : Sergey MIKHALKOV (Сергей МИХАЛКОВ)
Cinematography : Teodor BUNIMOVICH (Теодор БУНИМОВИЧ)
Production design : Leonid SHVARTSMAN (Леонид ШВАРЦМАН)
Music : Vladimir SHAINSKY (Владимир ШАИНСКИЙ)
Sound : Georgi_2 MARTYNIUK (Георгий_2 МАРТЫНЮК)
Animation : Yuri NORSTEIN (Юрий НОРШТЕЙН)
Production : Soyuzmultfilm
 

Plot synopsis
Cartoon figurines from a script by the poet Sergei Mikhalkov.
The film tells how a mother leaves her 5-6 year old child who is sleeping at home and after kissing him goes shopping. While waiting in line at the cash register, she imagines that a thief enters the house and forgets his pistol. Her little boy plays with the gun and starts shooting all over the place. Then she imagines that the boy is about to shave with the "dangerous" razor. Then she imagines that her little boy first decides to burn the pages of a book with matches and then goes out on the edge of the roof to catch the pigeons and swings to the very edge. Mom rushes home and down the street a fire engine and an ambulance rush... When she enters the apartment the little boy is still sleeping. She sits next to him.
In a simple and light form the film shows what maternal love is and the fears that a mother feels for her child.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian or Soviet animated films (1906-1991), kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Animated film directors. Russia-USSR 1906-1991, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Russian Film Festival in Niort, Niort (France), 2021
- My first Festival, Paris (France), 2019

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