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Village of idiots

Canada, 1999
film

Based on a Jewish folk tale, this animated short tells the story of a Shmendrik, a lovable fool who leaves his village on a circuitous quest for knowledge. Th..

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Canada, 1981
Similarity: 73%

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L'idiot = the Idiot

France, 1946
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The Village smitty

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Consolation prize

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Shoemaker and the elves

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The Street

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The Three fools and the foolish woman

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Father and daughter

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Spinnolio

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My Sweet Little Village = Vesnicko Ma Strediskova

Czechoslovakia, 1985
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I'm a fool

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Rubbish

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Norbert

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Soviet Union, 1985
Similarity: 69%

The Great Land of Small

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Similarity: 69%
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