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Riddles for a Candy

1978 · 8 min Fantasy Animation
5.7 / 10 · TMDB

In Jiří Barta’s imaginative debut, a magic book poses three riddles to an anteater-like creature. His reward for answering, a wrapped piece of candy, proves elusive. Barta's animation revels in the possibilities of transformation and symbolic logic.

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Original Title Hádanky za bonbón
Year 1978
Country Czechoslovakia
Genre Fantasy, Animation
Director Jiří Barta
Runtime 8 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.7/10 (12 votes)

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The film constructs its universe on principles of transformation and symbolic logic, where each riddle unfolds as a step through a labyrinth of visual metaphor. The animation relies on the texture of materials and fluid metamorphosis, evoking the sensation of a waking dream.

What lingers after viewing is the pure poetry of motion and meaning, where the true reward is the act of unraveling itself, not the promised candy. A brief, brilliant exercise in imaginative logic. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Jiří Barta

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