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A brilliant film that helped define a genre

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

"38 popugaev" or "38 parrots" is an 8-minute animated short film from 40 years ago. This is a Soviet movie and had some of the most known animators from the Soviet Golden Age of Animation, which followed way later than and was by far not as prolific as the American, working on it. I personally enjoyed the film, but I will not deny that it is definitely not for everyone. I could actually imagines this being a nice watch for a mathematics class as there is some number-related stuff in it in terms of measuring things. Many animals are in here too and that is very common for Soviet animation: We do not only have a parrot (just one, not 38), but there are also a snake, a monkey and an elephant. Another indication how this is mostly for younger audiences is by checking out how they totally tried to make sure the snake is not seen as dangerous. She does not want eat any parrots and she is friends with everybody. The little monkey isn't even scared when he is caught by the snake at one point. All in all, a decent watch for (Russian) animation lovers. Everybody else can skip it.