The Cloud in Love

The Cloud in Love

1959 · 16 min · Animation

A beautiful young woman named Aishe tends a fragile oasis, the sole source of life amid the surrounding barrenness. An evil desert spirit, embodying destruction and greed, seeks to annihilate the oasis. As danger looms, a wandering cloud falls in love with Aishe and chooses to protect the oasis. The film features mixed techniques —puppets, marionettes, and hand-drawn animation— & based on a script by a Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet Ran, who lived in exile in Soviet Union.

Directed by Roman Kachanov · Written by Nazım Hikmet Ran

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