Riddles for a Candy

Riddles for a Candy

Riddles for a Candy

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Riddles for a Candy

1978

0h 8m

5.7(12 votes)

Fantasy

Animation

Overview

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.

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