The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (film)

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Directed by	Aleksandr Petrov
Screenplay by	Aleksandr Petrov
Based on	"The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Cinematography	Sergey Reshetnikov
Edited by	Lyudmila Putyatina
Music by	Aleksandr Raskatov
Running time	20 minutes
Country	Russia

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Russian: Сон смешного человека Son smeshnovo cheloveka) is a 1992 Russian animated short film directed by Aleksandr Petrov. It tells the story of a misanthropic man who begins to regain his will to live after a chance encounter with a young girl. The film was made using paint-on-glass animation. It is based on the 1877 short story with the same title by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.^[1]

The film won several festival awards including the prize for best film in its length category at the 1992 Ottawa International Animation Festival.^[1] It was nominated for the Nika Award for Best Animated Film.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Сон смешного человека". Animator.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-08-21.
^ "Номинанты Национальной кинематографической премии "НИКА" за 1992 год". kino-nika.com (in Russian). Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science. Archived from the original on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2015-08-21.

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[animator-1] "Сон смешного человека". Animator.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-08-21.

[2] "Номинанты Национальной кинематографической премии "НИКА" за 1992 год". kino-nika.com (in Russian). Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science. Archived from the original on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2015-08-21.

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