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| © National Film Board of Canada, 2000 All Rights Reserved. |
Village of Idiots |
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Another hole in the roof
to fix, another day in Chelm, the second Chelm that is. An old shoe sole sets
Shmendrik, a lovable schlemiel, on a hilarious account of the thirst for knowledge
that led him from his village of Chelm only to land him in another village that
looked a great deal like the first. A practical man, Shmendrik decided to stay in
the second Chelm rather than return to the first: "Why should I walk my feet off
to get where practically I already am?" he asks. Why indeed. With a leaky roof
just like his, a wife and bratty children just like his, and another Shmendrik who
conveniently left the second Chelm exactly as he had left the first, Shmendrik
figured the hand of God must be at work. So what else could he do? He moved in. |
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Running Time: 12 minutes 41 seconds |
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Co-directors
Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove have been busy
animating, directing and teaching together for the last twenty-five years. In
addition to their most recent film, Village of Idiots(1999), their
partnership has resulted in several pieces, most notably Every Child(1979),
which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1980. From 1974 to
1984 they taught animated filmmaking to children in Toronto.
