Happy Birthday
С днём рождения
S dnyom rozhdeniya (ru)
З днём нараджэння (be)
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С днём рождения
S dnyom rozhdeniya (ru)
З днём нараджэння (be)
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| Year | 1996 |
| Director(s) | Vereshchagin Aleksandr |
| Studio(s) | Belarusfilm |
| Language(s) | Belarussian Russian |
| Genre(s) | Domestic life Surrealism/dream-logic |
| Animation Type(s) | Cutout Drawn (cel) Drawn (not cel) Mixed |
| Length | 00:19:18 |
| Wordiness | 1.66 |
| Animator.ru profile | Ru, En |
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⭳ S dnyom rozhdeniya.1996.be.1.25fps.1750287208.srt
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⭳ S dnyom rozhdeniya.1996.en.1.25fps.1750286896.srt
Date: June 18 2025 22:48:16
Language: English
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⭳ S dnyom rozhdeniya.1996.ru.1.25fps.1750287216.srt
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Description:
An artistic little boy celebrates his birthday, despite starting out the day sick.
The boy sees a fairy tale where adults see only the dull prose of existence.
This was the only film Vereshchagin directed, though he worked as art director on a number of others.
DISCUSSION
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I really love this film - it has been one of my favourites from the studio for years. But it wasn't online for the longest time. The use of light and depth is wonderful, and I recognize much of what it shows as happy (or not so happy) childhood memories. Probably it's not so much a children's film, though it's from the perspective of a child. Also, it doesn't seem to have an especially happy ending... actually, it seems downright tragic, although I couldn't find anybody anywhere discussing it. My interpretation is that it suddenly jumps forward a decade or two, to a decidedly less happy time - and the whole preceding film is perhaps the young lad's last, favourite memory.
It's a shame that the director made no other films. But some others it reminds me of are:
The Lodgers of an Old House (1988)
Forest Tales (1997)
There Lived a Tree (1996)