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The Old Man and the Sea (S)

The Old Man and the Sea (Roujin to umi)

1999

Aleksandr Petrov

Animation

7.5

3,973

Animation. Adventure. Drama The Old Man and the Sea is a 1999 paint-on-glass-animated short film directed by Aleksandr Petrov, based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. The film follows the plot of the original novel, but at times emphasizes different points. It opens with the dream sequence of an old man named Santiago, who dreams about his childhood on the masts of a ship and lions on the shores. When he wakes up, we find out that he has gone 84 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	New York Post	"A must "Sea"... Extraordinary (...) Rating: ★★★½ (over 4)"	POS
United States	Oliver Jones Variety	"A 10- minute live-action short that serves as a stiff, uneven but nonetheless visually inspired introduction to the writer for Generation Y-ers."	NEU

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