6.7

Village of Idiots

Name: Village of Idiots
Director: Eugene Fedorenko
Genre: Animation
Released: 1999-06-19T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 12 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Jack Newman, Nicholas Rice

““Outsiders call Chelm the village of idiots,” Shmendrick explains, “but our rabbi said we were a city of natural geniuses, with our own way of figuring things out.””

199912m

Animation

Overview

Based on a Jewish folk tale adapted by playwright John Lazarus, this animated short tells the story of Shmendrik, a simpleton living in a small Polish village. Weary of daily life in his native Chelm, Shmendrik sets out on a quest for knowledge that brings him to a new Chelm, a place eerily reminiscent of his old Chelm. An amusing take on our tendency to romanticize what we don't have.