Rozaliya ZELMA
Розалия ЗЕЛЬМА
Rozalia ZELMA
Russia, 1979, 10mn 
animation
Devochka i delfin
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Девочка и дельфин

 

 The Girl and the dolphin

 La Fille et le dauphin

 
Directed by : Rozaliya ZELMA (Розалия ЗЕЛЬМА)
Production design : Rozaliya ZELMA (Розалия ЗЕЛЬМА)
Music : Eduard ARTEMIEV (Эдуард АРТЕМЬЕВ)
 

Plot synopsis
A little girl is playing ball by the sea. Suddenly the ball falls into the sea. The Little Girl tries to catch it but, not knowing how to swim, she will drown. Then comes the Dauphin who saves the little girl and they become friends. Now the Little Girl comes to the seaside every day and the Dolphin teaches her to swim. And the day arrives when the Little Girl knows how to swim very well. But once people catch the Dolphin and take him to a dolphinarium to show him with other dolphins who have been trained. But our Dauphin refuses to participate because his element is the sea and he cannot live without it. So the Little Girl sneaks into the dolphinarium at night, opens the gates and helps the Dolphin regain freedom.
With great sadness the Dauphin is forced to leave this place. And the little Girl sitting on a rock flooded with the light of the setting sun looks at the sea, remembering how the two of them spent their time together and how these meetings were joyful and wonderful...
 

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 For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2018

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