From 9:00 to 18:00

From 9:00 to 18:00 (1987) is a Soviet animated short you can watch online on iFILM. In just ten minutes it traces a full day of an ordinary woman, boxed in by the clock of her work schedule.

Morning means kids, the stove and the rush out the door; then a shift from nine to six; then home and chores all over again. There's no plot in the usual sense — director Yelena Prorokova builds the film out of rhythm, repetition and small familiar details of everyday life. A brief but pointed sketch of a woman's lot in the late-Soviet years. Stream From 9:00 to 18:00 (1987) online on iFILM.