Jan 01, 1978
8 min
Full-HD

Riddles for a Candy (1978)

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.

Category

Fantasy Animation

Country

Czechoslovakia

Companies

Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky

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