Time Out (original title Aeg Maha) is a 1984

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animated short film. It was directed by

Priit Pärn Priit Pärn (born 26 August 1946 in Tallinn) is an Estonian cartoonist and animation director whose films have enjoyed success among critics as well as the public at various film festivals. Pärn formerly worked as a plant ecologist; his car ...

and produced by

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Plot

The film is about a cat who loses his time, trying to do many things simultaneously and fails at everything. After that, time breaks apart, and he travels to the world of the infinite absurd. In the end, all returns to its place and problems.

Production

* The director himself uses his own hands in the "time breaks up" scene. * The ship's name "Julia" is an author-related

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, linking to his previous cartoon "Triangle". * The statue was supposed to be

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, but of course was censored.

Reception

The film was given a 1985 Varna World Animation Film Festival award.

References

External links

* 1984 films 1984 animated short films Animated films about cats Soviet animated short films Soviet-era Estonian films Estonian animated short films {{1980s-USSR-film-stub