Connection
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man is a film of genre Drama directed by Alexandre Petrov
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1992)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listThe 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 short story with the same title by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
The film won several festival awards including the prize for best film in its length category at the 1992 Ottawa International Animation Festival. It was nominated for the Nika Award for Best Animated Film.
Synopsis
Un homme seul décide un soir de disparaitre. Soudain, il s'endort et son rêve le fait revenir à la vie...Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
There are 3 films with the same director, 69071 with the same cinematographic genres (including 194 with exactly the same 3 genres than The Dream of a Ridiculous Man), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, you will probably like those similar films :
The Old Man and the Sea (1999)
, 20minutesDirected by Alexandre Petrov
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Vieillesse, Mise en scène d'un poisson
Actors Gordon Pinsent, Kevin Duhaney, Yoji Matsuda, Rentarō Mikuni
Rating79%
The film follows the plot of the original novel, but at times emphasizes different points.
My Love (2006)
, 26minutesDirected by Alexandre Petrov
Genres Drama, Animation, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Children's films
Rating78%
Mermaid (1997)
, 10minutesDirected by Alexandre Petrov
Genres Fantasy, Animation, Romance
Themes Children's films
Rating76%
As springtime begins to break up the ice on a frozen river, a handsome young novice monk rescues a naked girl who has apparently fallen into the water. She disappears suddenly, but returns time and time again over the ensuing months—first demonstrating her dolphin-like swimming ability (and her surprising technique of catching fish in her teeth!) and then winning the young man's heart with her coquettish flirting and beautiful singing.
, 1h30Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Junko Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Inoue, Satoshi Hino, Chie Nakamura, Noriaki Sugiyama, Ryōka Yuzuki
Rating70%
In the potential outbreak of a Fourth Great Ninja World War, a few ninjas with Kekkei Genkai abilities begin to disappear from the land of Lightning, Earth, Water and Wind. The Land of Fire remains the only village not affected by these events that people start to suspect its role in these incidents, and rumors of a possible rebellion begin to circulate. With the other nations amassing troops on the borders of the Land of Fire and threatening invasion, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire orders Tsunade to capture the real culprit and prove Konoha's innocence, in the event of failure and the Land of Fire decides to destroy the village to preserve world peace.
The King and I (1999)
, 1h28Directed by Richard Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Films about royalty
Actors Miranda Richardson, Ian William Richardson, Darrell Hammond, Christiane Noll, Kenny Baker, Brian Tochi
Rating44%
In 1862 Siam, the King of Siam rules with traditional beliefs and refusal to change. With the arrival of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens and her son Louis, his evil, but villainous Prime Minister, Kralahome, plots to have the King overthrown with deceit. At the same time, the Crown Prince Chulalongkorn falls in love with Tuptim, a servant given to the King as a gift from Burma, but their love and friendship must remain a secret as such is strictly forbidden.
Redline (2010)
, 1h42Directed by Takeshi Koike
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Animation
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Takuya Kimura, Yu Aoi, Tadanobu Asano, Takeshi Aono, Unshō Ishizuka, Yoshiyuki Morishita
Rating74%
In the future, on the planet Dorothy, a world dominated by canine humanoids, duck's ass-hairstyle wearing "Sweet" JP races in the planet's Yellowline car race, a final elimination race despite two interplanetary wars to the most popular race in the galaxy, the Redline. The crowd is watching the race on an outdoor giant monitor screen in the desert town of the Water Stop. His mechanic, Joshua "Frisbee" Flathead, is watching the televised race with a mafia boss. The gambling boss is concerned that JP might attempt to win the fixed race but Frisbee reassures him that JP needs bail bond funds from the pay-off. JP attempts to win anyway while Frisbee resorts to using a remote detonator transmitter hidden in the palm of his hand which the mob boss doesn't notice, causing JP's TransAM20000 to explode and making the 'Crab Sonoshee Sea' hovercraft piloted by female racer Sonoshee "Cherry Boy Hunter" McLaren the winner.
Little from the Fish Shop (2015)
, 1h15Genres Drama, Fantasy, Animation, Romance
Themes Mermaids in film, Children's films
Actors Ivana Chýlková
Rating67%
The Dam Keeper (2014)
, 18minutesOrigin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about education, Environmental films, Films about pigs, Films about foxes
Actors Lars Mikkelsen
Rating78%
Pig lives alone in a windmill on the outskirts of town. The windmill sits atop a massive wall and continually blows away a dark fog that perpetually looms outside the wall. Every day, Pig winds the windmill to keep it turning, just like his father before him.
, 1h40Directed by Tetsuya Nomura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Comedy, Documentary, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Historical, Musical, Crime, Animation, Romance, Western
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Films about video games, Films based on video games
Actors Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Itō, Kenichi Suzumura, Showtaro Morikubo, Māya Sakamoto, Megumi Toyoguchi
Rating70%
Setting Advent Children takes place two years following the events of the 1997 role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII, during which the antagonist Sephiroth attempted to absorb the Lifestream (the lifeblood and soul of the planet) and be reborn as a god. He was defeated by Cloud Strife and his companions but Sephiroth's final spell, Meteor, destroyed the city of Midgar.
, 1h13Directed by Karel Zeman
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Christian Brückner, Friedrich Schütter
Rating74%
Krabat, a beggar boy in early 18th century Lusatia, is lured to become an apprentice to an evil, one-eyed sorcerer. Together with a number of other boys, he works at the sorcerer's mill under slave-like conditions while learning black magic, such as guising himself as a raven and other animals. Every Christmas one of the boys has to face the master in a magical duel of life and death, where the boy never stands a chance because the master is the only person who is allowed to use his secret grimoire: The Koraktor, or the Force of Hell.