How to Become a Human Being

How to Become a Human Being (1988) is an animated short by Vladimir Petkevich you can watch online on iFILM. It takes its cue from Leonid Andreyev's tale The Rules of Kindness: a demon, bored stiff by the sameness of sin, calls on a priest and asks to be taught how to turn good.

Nineteen minutes of hand-drawn parable about temptation in reverse. The devil wants in on humanity, only to find the road to virtue far more tangled than the road to evil. Viktor Chebotaryov lends his voice. This is the rare Soviet cartoon that argues theology head-on and refuses an easy answer. Stream How to Become a Human Being online on iFILM.