Grandma's Encyclopaedia
A short film by Walerian Borowczyk. This first volume looks at the first three letters in Grandma's encyclopaedia: A for 'Automobile', B for 'Ballon', and C for 'Chemin de fer'.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | L'encyclopedie de grand-maman en 13 volumes |
| Year | 1965 |
| Country | France |
| Genre | Animation |
| Director | Walerian Borowczyk |
| Runtime | 7 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.6/10 (12 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
Borowczyk constructs the film as a series of visual puns, relying on collage techniques and the animation of static engravings. His approach explores the boundary between textbook knowledge and dream logic, transforming the didactic into the poetic absurd.
What lingers after viewing is the sensation of having peeked into a wonderfully strange cabinet of curiosities, where childhood wonder is filtered through an avant-garde lens. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Walerian Borowczyk
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With a curious mind, late at night, as a poetic interlude.
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