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A Fairytale Sits On The Doorstep (1987)
Directed by Roze Stiebra
Animation · 9m
A wistful little “story-spirit” rides the wind to a child’s doorstep and invites her on a whistle-stop tour through the Latvian seasons. Guided by a gentle water sprite, they drift from spring showers and blue-flower meadows to roaring Midsummer bonfires, stormy autumn seas, and snow-bright winter nights. The imagery—pastel cut-out shapes that melt and reform—visualises verses by the poet Aspazija, while Zigmars Liepiņš’s folk-inflected score (sung by Mirdza Zīvere) turns the whole trip into a lullaby on loop: every tale enchants for a moment, then must move on to the next open doorway. In the end the child waves goodbye, knowing the fairy-tale will return whenever imagination cracks the door again.
Crew
- Director
- Roze Stiebra
Details
- Original title
- Sēd uz sliekšņa pasaciņa
- Release date
- 1987-09-01
- Runtime
- 9m
- Genres
- Animation
- Original language
- LV
- Spoken languages
- Latvian
- Countries
- Soviet Union