An old fisherman makes the biggest catch of his life.
Directed by Aleksandr Petrov
fish
sea
based on novel or book
shark attack
fisherman
pulitzer prize
aging
old man
shark
cuban
seaman
paint-on-glass
short film
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.0 / 5
Cast
Gordon Pinsent
Old Man (voice)
Kevin Duhaney
Boy (voice)
Yoji Matsuda
(voice)
Rentaro Mikuni
(voice)
Crew
Aleksandr Petrov
Director
Aleksandr Petrov
Screenplay
Aleksandr Petrov
Storyboard Artist
Pierre-Jules Audet
ADR Supervisor
Jo Caron
ADR Recordist
Jérôme Décarie
Foley Artist
Ernest Hemingway
Novel
Aleksandr Petrov
Art Direction
Aleksandr Petrov
Animation
Popular Reviews
36 reviews
Ray
6.0★ · 03/13/26
not a huge fan of animated movies tbh but this was beautiful. i really need to read the book to this ive been prograstinating it sonce literal years
not a huge fan of animated movies tbh but this was beautiful. i really need to read the book to this ive been prograstinating it sonce literal years
Francisca Paz
9.0★ · 10/20/25
never thought i’d be such a huge fan of oils on glass but damn
never thought i’d be such a huge fan of oils on glass but damn
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This made me forget that I hated having to read that book
This made me forget that I hated having to read that book
nehopss
8.0★ · 02/02/25
the animation is insane
the animation is insane
Mathias
8.0★ · 08/07/24
Just learned that Petrov painted this all by himself. The attention to detail is unbelievable. The story is a classic and the score was also very good and it matched the theme of the film so well.
Just learned that Petrov painted this all by himself. The attention to detail is unbelievable. The story is a classic and the score was also very good and it matched the theme of the film so well.