The Ugly Duckling
Gadkii Utenok
Garry Bardine
In a Russian poultry run, a cockerel discovers an enormous egg behind the fence. He discretely adds the egg to those in a nest of a nearby hen. The bird that hatches is very different from its sibling chicks, and is bullied by the others who have great fun humiliating him and excluding him from their ceremonies...
Screenplay : Garry Bardine
Image : I. Remizov
Editing : Irina Sobinova-Kassil
Sound : V. Chouster, A. Khassine
Decors : Kirill Tchelouchkine
Music : Tchaïkovski
Image : I. Remizov
Editing : Irina Sobinova-Kassil
Sound : V. Chouster, A. Khassine
Decors : Kirill Tchelouchkine
Music : Tchaïkovski
Production : Animated Film Studio Stayer Ltd // producteur : Garry Bardine
Contact : France : Monique Gailhard / Email monique.gailhard@sfr.fr / Tel : + 336 14 16 64 50
Contact : France : Monique Gailhard / Email monique.gailhard@sfr.fr / Tel : + 336 14 16 64 50
This is Garri Bardin's first feature, adapted from a story by Hans Christian Anderson, and is presented as a musical with music from Tchaikovsky. "While working as a children's film, The Ugly Duckling is also a genuine satire on Russian ultra-nationalism, mocking thundering patriotism and political leaders, who are one moment cowardly and another pompous, made obese by their excess of pride. Bardin enjoys using a parody (several times) of the national anthem, which he portrays with the ridiculous ostentation of propaganda films. From this point of view, his ugly duckling takes on the air of a good-willed immigrant, who, whatever he tries to do, will never be integrated into the unwelcoming society he has fallen into" (Marcel Jean).