On the sea beach, a tourist inflates and creates an entire campsite out of plastic. In this colorful inflated environment, there is a plastic substitute for everything, even for feelings. On the beach, a ravishing love, jealousy and revenge, and in the end tragedy, are born.
Director: Dusan Vukotic. AKA The Substitute
Writer: Rudolf Sremec.
Composer: Tomislav Simovic.
Cinematographer: Zlatko Sačer.
Chief animator: Dušan Vukotič.
Animators: Leo Fabiani, Rudolf Mudrovčić.
Scenography: Zvonimir Lončarić.
1962 Academy Awards – Winner of an Oscar for Best Short Subject, Cartoons.
Oscar winner!
Takes UPA minimalism to new heights ancd meaning.