The film is a journey in the history of romanian animation film. Obviously a trip back in time, but a journey with the help of old movies to the public today. A journey, a story, a story told primarily in the most dema...展开nding public, kids. A trip made by a movie animation. Also it is a documentary. For this purpose we used 45 pieces of animation films made by 37 directors. They are selected from a rich archive which contains approx. 1200 animation film made by 60 directors in the period 1927-1990. As for such a trip we always need a guide, we've even created two: painter / narrator Horatiu and his partner Virus, ran off the computer. We are on the scene of an old theater where, on a screen, our journey begins with the oldest preserved romanian animation film, "Haplea" conducted by Marin Iorda in 1927. Then follow the representative films, including the landmark films: "Short History" by Ion Popescu Gopo (Cannes Palme D'Or, 1957), "Mimetism" Sibianu George (1966), "Pe fir" de Constantin Mustetea (1967), "Nodul gordian" de Szilagyi V, Zoltan (1979). We meet in this way with the classics of romanian animation:Nell Cobar, Aslan Matty, Olimp Varasteanu Ion Truica, Laurentiu Sarbu, Virgil Mocanu, Victor Antonescu, Luminita Cazacu, Mihai Badica, Zeno Bogdanescu. The fragments of all the characters already seen in the film take place in the hall, and they focused on the show. They formed another public, with the new line travels the animated story. At the end of the film they formed a group, as in the old photos. It's family movie characters created by Romanian animation. A family gathered around the storyteller Horatiu. (Radu Vasile Igazsag)
Directed by Radu Igazsag, the film "A short story" brings on the scene Horatiu Malaele which, together with an unusual friend, tells the story of Romanian cartoons until '90 years. It's a story for the great nostalgic for those who known to have childhood with Mihaela and Azorel, with Gopo's Little Man and Robinson Crusoe. It's a fascinating world and full of surprises for children, even if now the heroes are others. "Prior to writing "mo-ther", I think I drew my mother. A left circle, 2 sticks instead of two hands... And so I drew the block, park, dog and all that was around us. I was talking to the drawings, in our minds they move, they had life. Maybe that's why, if we are honest, cartoon is closer to us than any other type of film. Just watch and then grow. Let us recall the joy of drawing, to see the drawings. Live cartoons, with soul. Let's be again, all of us, children. (Titus Muntean)
For this movie, they used sequences from 46 short movies:
Scurta istorie (1957)
regia: Ion Popescu Gopo
Haplea (1927)
regia: Marin Iorda
Pe fir (1967)
regia: Constantin Mustetea
Cale lunga (1976)
regia: Adrian Petringenaru
Micul tobosar (1982)
regia: Virgil Mocanu
Exodul spre lumina (1979)
regia: Sabin Balasa
Geneza (1975)
regia: Mihai Badica
Margele nazdravane (1975)
regia: Tatiana Apahideanu
Poveste cu gheme de lana (1987)
regia: Izabela Petrasincu
Trepte (1988)
regia: Zeno Bogdanescu
Cadru cu cadru (1981)
regia: Ion Popescu Gopo
Si totusi se misca (1980)
regia: Ion Popescu Gopo
7 arte (1958)
regia: Ion Popescu Gopo
Cocenel (1965)
regia: Bob Calinescu
Ucenicul vrajitor (1985)
regia: Ion Popescu Gopo
Prostie omeneasca (1968)
regia: George Sibianu
Evolutie (1990)
regia: Luminita Cazacu
Caligrafie (1982)
regia: L. Nagy, Z. Bogdanescu, O. Bandalac, R. Igazsag
Prima zi de scoala a Mihaelei (1975)
regia: Nell Cobar
La cirese (1989)
regia: Ion Manea
Duminica serifului (1971)
regia: Adrian Nicolau
Carnaval (1972)
regia: Ion Truica
Cine rade la urma (1983)
regia: L. Profirescu, I. Manea, A. Badea
Robinson Crusoe (1972)
regia: Victor Antonescu
Insula (1970)
regia: Olimp Varasteanu
Casa (1984)
regia: Zeno Bogdanescu
Statuia (1983)
regia: Olimpiu Bandalac
Mimetism (1966)
regia: George Sibianu
D'ale organigramei I (1975)
regia: Matty Aslan
Plimbarea lui Esop (1967)
regia: Geta Bratescu
Un bob, dou boabe (1982)
regia: Norbert Taugner
Oul (1985)
regia: Marcel Mihai
Pegas (1985)
regia: Zaharia Buzea
Tepi V (1980)
regia: Horia Stefanescu
Moda (1985)
regia: Clemansa Gita Sion
Salt mortal (1982)
regia: Dinu Adrian Serbescu
Furnica (1987)
regia: Calin Giurgiu
Energica (1980)
regia: Ion Popescu Gopo
Intermezzo pentru o dragoste eterna (1974)
regia: Ion Popescu Gopo
Niste sticle (1981)
regia: Mihai Badica
Aventurile lui Pin Pin (1989)
regia: Luminita Cazacu
Maria Mirabela in Tranzistoria (1988)
regia: Ion Popescu Gopo
Sotronul (1975)
regia: Laurentiu Sirbu
Arena (1981)
regia: Szilagyi V. Zoltan
Tocirea (1985)
regia: Radu Igazsag
Nodul gordian (1979)
regia: Szilagyi V. Zoltan
storyteller: Horatiu Malaele
director: Radu Vasile Igazsag
producer: Vivi Dragan Vasile
animation: neil Coltofeanu
editor: Dobrica Lospa