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The Badly-Drawn Hen

Out of the Past 2017 / Špatně namalovaná slepice / Czechoslovakia 1963

Brdečka’s best-known animated piece is based on an original idea by Miloš Macourek and won the Grand Prix at the prestigious Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The simple plot unfolds during a school art lesson, during which a young boy’s vivid imagination confronts the “realism” required by his stuffy teacher. With its ironic tone, the piece sees the filmmakers clearly espousing free thought in defiance of rigid conservatism.

The Badly-Drawn Hen

Synopsis

Brdečka’s best-known animated piece is based on an original idea by Miloš Macourek and won the Grand Prix at the prestigious Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The simple plot unfolds during a school art lesson, during which a young boy’s vivid imagination confronts the “realism” required by his stuffy teacher. With its ironic tone, the piece sees the filmmakers clearly espousing free thought in defiance of rigid conservatism.

About the film

14 min / Color, 35 mm

Director Jiří Brdečka / Screenplay Jiří Brdečka podle námětu Miloše Macourka / based on a story by Miloš Macourek / Dir. of Photography Ivan Masník / Music J. F. Fischer / Editor Marta Stuchlíková / Art Director Jaroslav Malák, Zdenek Seydl (ilustrace slepice / hen illustration) / Producer Jiří Šebestík / Production Krátký film Praha - Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu / Sales Národní filmový archiv

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