Zinaida BRUMBERG Зинаида БРУМБЕРГ Zinaïda BROUMBERG Valentina BRUMBERG Валентина БРУМБЕРГ Valentina BROUMBERG   USSR, 1961, 8.48 mn  Colour, animation

Great Troubles ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Большие неприятности    Grands désagréments  Bolshie ne priyatnosti

Plot synopsis

It is a satirical film for adults about family, daddy of this family is an embezzler, the daughter is a hunter for favorable gentlemen, the son is a blockhead and a drunkard. The offscreen text is the story of the little girl who repeats idiomatic expressions which she doesn’t understand ("he has set going the refrigerators ", "he whips vodka", "he has lost his head"...) and these idiomatic expressions are shown in the picture area as they are represented in her mind – in the literal sense. It is one of the first films of "new", "non-Disney" Soviet animation

Selected in the following festivals :

- Great Cartoon Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2012

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