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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1985 - 27 July.4 August

Sections & Films

PIGGY AND THE WOLVES

Category: Edition 1985

Synopsis
A pig, alone in his house in the woods, is threatened by a wolf who wants to eat it. He pretends to let him into the house, but he pours him some boiling water. The wolf escapes and returns with the pack. Fortunately, the pig manages to get away with it and the wolves are defeated.

Original Title Magyar népmesék - A kismalac és a farkasok
Italian Title Il porcellino e i lupi
Category Out of competition
Section Tribute to Marcell Jankovics
Tipology Animation, Short Film
Duration 6'
Production Year 1978
Nationality Hungary
Directed by Marcell Jankovics

 regista marcell jankovicsMARCELL JANKOVICS

Marcell Jankovics (born 21 October 1941) is a Hungarian graphic artist, film director, animator and author. He received his Oscar nomination for the 1974 animated short movie Sisyphus. He also received a Palme d'Or for the short movie The Struggle at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. From 1955 he attended the Pannonhalma Benedictine Secondary School. He started working at Pannónia in 1960.