Zinaida BRUMBERG
Зинаида БРУМБЕРГ
Zinaïda BROUMBERG
Valentina BRUMBERG
Валентина БРУМБЕРГ
Valentina BROUMBERG
USSR, 1961, 8mn 
Colour, animation
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Большие неприятности

 

 De Grands désagréments

 Bolshie nepriyatnosti

 
Directed by : Valentina BRUMBERG (Валентина БРУМБЕРГ), Zinaida BRUMBERG (Зинаида БРУМБЕРГ)
Writing credits : Maurice SLOBODSKOY (Морис СЛОБОДСКОЙ)
Cinematography : Yelena PETROVA (Елена ПЕТРОВА), Aleksandr VARLAMOV (Александр ВАРЛАМОВ)
Production design : Lana AZARKH (Лана АЗАРХ), Valentin LALAYANTS (Валентин ЛАЛАЯНЦ)
Music : Aleksandr VARLAMOV (Александр ВАРЛАМОВ)
Sound : Nikolay PRILUTSKY (Николай ПРИЛУЦКИЙ)
Production : Soyuzmultfilm
 

Plot synopsis
It is a satirical film for adults about family, daddy of this family is an embezzler, the daughter is a hunter for favorable gentlemen, the son is a blockhead and a drunkard. The offscreen text is the story of the little girl who repeats idiomatic expressions which she doesn’t understand ("he has set going the refrigerators ", "he whips vodka", "he has lost his head"...) and these idiomatic expressions are shown in the picture area as they are represented in her mind – in the literal sense. It is one of the first films of "new", "non-Disney" Soviet animation
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Women film pioneers : The Brumberg Sisters, Maya BALAKIRSKY KATZ, wfpp.columbia.edu, 2019
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian or Soviet animated films (1906-1991), kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Animated film directors. Russia-USSR 1906-1991, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- BCF. The Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2012

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