Yuri NORSTEIN Юрий НОРШТЕЙН Youri NORSTEIN   USSR, 1974, 10 mn  Colour, animation

The Heron and the Crane ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Цапля и Журавль    Le Héron et la Cigogne  Tsaplya i Zuravl

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Plot synopsis

This short film by Yuri Norstein tells the story of two would-be lovers, Heron and Crane, whose pride and self-importance continually prevent them from accepting each other's proposals of marriage, despite their desire for each other.

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Kawamoto - Norstein : Le marionnettiste et le peintre-animateur au Forum des Images, Paris (France), 2012

- International Film Festival : Pacific Meridians, Vladivostok (Russia), 2012

- Week end de cinéma russe au Bono, Le Bono (France), 2010

- International Film Festival "Ciné Junior", Val de Marne (France), 2010

- Great Cartoon Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2009

- Festival Russian kino 'Moscow Premier Screenings', Moscow (Russia), 2008

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