Mini-Review: This rather surreal Russian animation captures the rather primal nature of Kipling's original story. It also manages to construct a narrative that (seemingly, as I do not think it intentional) critiques domestication and Man's tendency for ecological destruction. The drawn animation is a lot more cohesive and interesting than the stop-motion, which is where this film is mainly let down. The movements are a little too off at times, making it look uncanny and odd, and just not working sometimes.