Love Requited

Name: Love Requited
Director: Jan Lenica
Genre: Animation
Released: 1958-05-02
Rating: 5.0

1958 · 9 min · ★ 5.0 · Animation

About the work of the naive painter J. Plaskocinski. A playful tale about the requited love of a shy young man.

Directed by Jan Lenica · Written by Walerian Borowczyk

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