Video: Ant Songs

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In this visually striking short film released in 2014, a traditional tale from Russia is told in a non-traditional way.

Here’s the story: A man and a woman have a short passionate love affair. The woman becomes pregnant and tries to convince the man to marry her, but the man refuses. Instead, he marries a rich woman. To hide his affair with the young woman he commits a terrible crime. Ants witness the crime and redress the injustice.

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Director, artist, animation – Sasha Svirsky.
Composer, music, sound – Grigory Shmidko
Music – Grigory Mumrikov

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Running time: 12:19

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