Inspired after seeing this on Soviet Visuals and Folklore Film Fest‘s #SovietFilmWednesday, this was the first Soviet film I shared a little over three years ago, and it is still one of my favorites. What can I say, I love rain and cats, and the illustrations are beautiful, so this seemed like the perfect starting place for my own #SovietFilmWednesday.
A Rainy Story is about a cat who is shooed outside and later gets caught in the rain, then returns back home sickly and wet. After returning home, the cat is nursed and blanketed, and soon falls asleep and has a splendid cat dream.
Here is the 1988 short, A Rainy Story (Дождливая история), directed by Tatiana Mititello. It was written by Vadim Korostylyov, based on a fairy tale by Joan Aiken, and produced by Soyuzmultfilm.
