Fujiyama is not his destination alone, though – thousands of people striving to make it to the mountaintop bustle about, each carrying his suitcase. The mountain itself consists of hundreds of thousands of suitcases. The inexorable climb to the top reveals the background of the entire exercise to the main character: the suitcase of everyone that reaches the top bites their head off, and the lifeless corpses fall into a crater. Prior to that, though, the suitcase sings an incredibly beautiful tune with a woman’s voice, from which those striving for the top gain ever more inspiration. Our hero, ...
Director: Priit Tender
Main Data
View all| Production Firm(s) | Eesti Joonisfilm |
| Color | color |
| Film Category | Animation, Cartoon |
| Text / Dialogue | Estonian |
| Dubbing | English |
| Duration | 11:08 |
Crew
View all| Producer | Kalev Tamm |
| Director | Priit Tender |
| Screenwriter | Priit Tender |
| Art Director | Priit Tender |
| Animator | Marje Ale | Kirsti Kurg | Ülle Metsur | Ruslan Piterja | Tarmo Vaarmets |
| Composer | Märt-Matis Lill |
| Editor | Priit Tender |
First releases
View all- in cinema: 26.04.2001, Cinema House, Tallinn, Estonia
- on television: 02.05.2001, ETV, Estonia
- released on DVD: 2010, Estonia
Festivals, awards, nominations
View all- Prize, Virgin Maali - Estonian Association of Film Journalists' Annual Award (Estonia), 2002, Best Film of the Year 2001
- Award, Holland Animation Film Festival (Utrecht, Netherlands), 2002, AnyZone Award
- Prize, Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival (Germany), 2002, International Competition: Animated Film - 2nd Prize
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