Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
"Aquarius Films" and Vadim Bogdanov present:
Hand Crafted Clouds
What's up?
Nothing.
What's up with you?
Nothing.
What are you standing there for? Can't you help?
Are you going to hide it?
Yes.
But it's alive.
My grandma said that when butterflies wake up from being worms they live one day.
I will bury it, and it will fall back asleep and never die.
I have a cat at home. We can bury her, too.
A cat will not fit into a jar. And without a jar she could claw us.
Where have I ended up?
This road leads to the town.
But I need to get to an airfield.
It's not that far.
Money one year in advance.
Could you tell me...?
No.
Would you please tell me...?
No, I won't.
Would you...?
No, not me.
A...
B...
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How could you? You promised! Why won't you talk to me?!
I am talking.
Would you tell me where...?
There are never clouds over this island.
You don't talk to me.
I'm talking.
There are never clouds over this island.
I heard you.
Why aren't you answering?
I'm thinking.
You could sew in an isthmus to the island and I will take them there.
You will take the clouds?
Why not?
You go to the island a lot.
Have you gotten a crush on someone while there?
What are you thinking about?
Just things... the back wheel is squeaking, and the clouds won't stay over the island.
Where do they scatter off to?..
Let me sew them in place.
When you're tired of the gloomy weather, we'll let them go.
Pity... but let's do it.
The scooter needs to be fixed, anyway.
What will you do now?
Nothing. I have to think.
Hey, old man!
What a deaf fool.
Hey, old man!
You should have a drink at least.
Could I?
Well, I'm not around anymore. Why not?
One for me?
Let's drink... to all the good we had.
I feel warm already.
Remember Transbaikal? You walked 15 kilometers with an accordion to see me.
Good times... How long ago it was...
Well, don't just sit there. Let's have another round.
Well? Maybe you'll play something like in the old days, eh?
Like "Amur Waves".
But... I can't remember it.
You will.
I nearly died laughing. What an old man.
Let's have another round.
It's tough without you, Mashka.
Cheer up.
I'll go, old man.
Well...
Go on.
And...
Slip the first stitch; don't knit it.
Yes.
Director, art director: Irina Litmanovich
Co-art director: Leysan Iskandarova
Script: Yevgeniy Vaskevich, Irina Litmanovich
Two of the five novellas are based on I. Hilov's and Yuriy Rost's tales
Cameraman: Igor' Skidan-Bosin
Animators: Lidiya Mayatnikova, Fazil' Gasanov, Milana Vartanyan, Vladimir Kaduhin, Mariya Sosnina
Artists: Leysan Iskandarova, Irina Litmanovich, Marina Tsukerman, Maria Zaikina
Artists: Elizaveta Novikova, Ludmila Diachkova, Elena Stepanova, Diana Yusim
Composer: Vyacheslav Litmanovich
Music arrangement: Yevgeniy Subbotin, Rostislav Burkin
Music performers: Yevgeniy Subbotin - violin, Shamil Saidov - viola, Nikolay Solonovich - cello
Konstantin Shmyrev, Rostislav Burkin, Nadezhda Ivanova - cello
Sound producer: Konstantin Shmyrev
Phonogram transcript: Olga Vasilenko. A fragment of the waltz "Amur Waves" (music - M. Kuess) was used in this film
Compositing: Yulia Milehina, Ivan Remizov, Konstantin Arefyev
Voice acting: Anya Kovalyova, Zhenya Yegiazaryan
Inna Gorelik, Olga Katayeva
Mariya Gorelik, Irina Litmanovich
Mariya Sosnina, Mihail Yegiazaryan
Polina Agureyeva, Ivan Verhovykh
Natalya Tenyakova, Sergey Yurskiy
Production director: Mihail Sementsov-Ogievskiy
Producer: Vadim Pegasov
Thanks to: V. Yeroshko, A. Barklyanskiy, Ye. Yeryomina, A. Fomin, M.F. Lipskerov
Gratitude for support to: Grigoriy Asmolov, Veronika Moldabayeva
O.I. Volpyanskaya, Paolo Polesello
And thanks to all my friends and well-wishers
The End
(C) Movie company "Aquarius Film" and Vadim Bogdanov, 2015
Subtitles from the director (2016), edited by Niffiwan (2021)