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The boy in this film is pretty much concerned with capturing butterflies and collecting them. Their beauty and fragility don't seem to be of much concern to him. But once he has this jar of beautiful butterflies, he has to pay a price. Will he change his ways and begin to grow up? Good use of color and music. The story is simple but effective.

one of films who reminds the flavor of childhood in delicate manner. for colors, for buildings, for animation itself, for message. far to be surprising. because it is only one of testimonies about the high art of Soviet school of cinema. it is something magic and seductive and innocent and powerful in this short film who seems be the perfect definition of life. sure, it could be an illusion. but the realism of boy, the dream, the body covered by butterflies, the music and the picture of group are pieces from another universe . profound more than realistic. an useful film for the remind of the taste of an age. and, sure, a moral lesson. but, more important, a convincing speech about beauty. and about respect for life.

all is magic. animation, idea, music.the boy change. his dream.and the colors. a film about nature and the relationship with it.about heart of things and about beauty, freedom and the sense of things.short, a splendid Soviet short animation out of surprises, touching for details, remembering childhood slices and the mystery of life.and discovering a different manner to use animation, more credible, more sentimental than 3 D effects. a film about butterflies but with gentle inspiration to suggest more than the classic motifs. an useful film. seductive, simple, touching and precise in its message. one of the animations who reminds the magic of genre, that mixture between dream and importance of small things.