Curious little Afonya wants to know EVERYTHING in the world! And it is completely beyond him why his old grandfather sleeps all day. Based on a short story by A.P. Platonov
Social & External
The people behind it
Aleksandr Bugin
Афоня (Afonya)
Yury Kondratiev
Дедушка / Grandfather
Maria Komarova
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