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Ugly Duckling, The
Showtimes:
Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 11:00am
Sunday, April 24, 2011 - 3:00pm
Tickets (First Screening):
Tickets (Second Screening):
Director(s):
Garri Bardin
Run Time:
76 min
Language(s):
Russian with English subtitles
Country(ies):
Russia
recommended for age 6+
A hapless misfit duckling grows up to be a beautiful swan. Fairy Tale Expert Jack Zipes to Introduce!
A mislaid egg is surreptitiously brought into a barnyard at dawn, and an “ugly duckling” is hatched into a tightly structured farmyard of fowl that does not accept his nonconformity. Ostracized, the hapless fellow questions his lot in life as his loyalty is spurned and his selfless acts of heroism go unnoticed. The seasons change, the hatchlings come of age, and a beautiful flock of swans flies overhead. His true identity discovered, the cygnet learns he can fly and soars magnificently above the coop.
Award-winning Russian animator Garri Bardin’s beautiful adaptation of Andersen’s famous children’s tale is a visual feast. Expressive and beautifully sculpted stop-motion puppet characters donned with real feathers sing and dance in comedic musical numbers accompanied by Tchaikovsky’s ballets played by the Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra. The Ugly Duckling is a masterfully crafted testament to the power of enduring hope and beauty--subversive enough to be banned from Russian television, while warming hearts and winning fans with audiences in children’s film festivals world-wide.
About Jack Zipes:
Jack Zipes, an internationally known expert on fairy tales, will introduce the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale and this modern reinterpretation of it to audience members of all ages. Jack Zipes has translated, re-translated, collected, and written critically about fairy tales and children’s literature since 1970. His latest book is: The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films.
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