Synopsis

Pärn‘s masterpiece. Several episodes each focus on a different figure. Towards the end they all come together to replicate the famous painting by Édouard Manet that provides the title. The film deals with bureaucratic arbitrariness, corruption, the opposition between words and deeds.

Priit Pärn

Priit Pärn (1946) is a graphic artist, teacher and renowned animation film maker. Since 2006 he has been the head of the animation department at the Estonian Academy of Arts, and a member of the European Film Academy since 2008. In 2008 Pärn received a Lifetime Achievement Award at Animafest. He has created 11 animated films, as well as a host of commercials and shorts, winning numerous awards and prizes. Selection of works: Kas maakera on ümmargune? (Is the Earth Round?, 1977), Kolmnurk (The Triangle, 1982), Eine murul (Breakfast on the Grass, 1987), Hotel E (1992), 1895 (1995), Porgandite öö (Night of the Carrots, 1998), Karl ja Marilyn (Karl and Marilyn, 2003), Frank ja Wendy (Frank and Wendy, 2005), Must lagi (Black Ceiling, 2007), Life without Gabriella Ferri (2009), Divers in the Rain (2010).