Two strangers, one window, zero words — and somehow it'll wreck you.
A young man falls in love with a young woman from the next window. A wordless fantasy inspired by Sergei Prokofiev's Visions fugitives, Op. 22.
Score
Prokofiev's piano does ALL the emotional heavy lifting.
Direction
Stepantsev turns ten minutes into an entire universe of yearning.
Director
Boris Stepantsev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stepantsev was a major figure in Soviet animation's 'golden age,' operating under state constraints while pursuing deeply personal, almost subversively emotional work.
Prokofiev composed Visions fugitives in 1915-17 as brief, ephemeral sketches — Stepantsev literally visualized their title, making the music's fleeting quality the film's entire narrative engine.
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