Travels of an Ant (1983)
ジャンル : アニメーション, ファミリー
上映時間 : 10分
演出 : Eduard Nazarov
脚本 : Eduard Nazarov
シノプシス
A 1983 short film directed by Eduard Nazarov about an ant who gets blown away with the wind from its home and the adventures it goes through in desperately trying to find its way back.
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their existence, an FBI agent and, eventually, the US Army to eradicate the menace, before it spreads across the continent, and the world.
池の中に浮かぶ島、アント・アイランドには主にアリたちが暮らしていた。夏になると島にバッタたちがやってきて、秋までの間にアリたちに食料を集めさせる仕事をさせていた。まるで農民たちに年貢を納めさせるかのように。奇抜な発明家・フリックはその発明品があまりに危険なことからアリたちに「歩く災難」とまで言われていた。彼は刈り取り機を発明したが、失敗してしまい集めた食料が川に流れてしまった。フリックは責任をとるためにバッタたちと対決することを決意し、手助けしてくれる強い用心棒を探すために都会に出ることをアリ達と約束したのだった。都会へ向かう道中、あるサーカス団が公演を行っていた。団員たちは公演中に起きたある事件がきっかけで全員解雇され、職を失ったのだった。
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