Stop-motion puppet animation, handmade plasticine and felt textures, film grain,

Stop-motion puppet animation, handmade plasticine and felt textures, film grain, dusk on a snowy forest road. The sledge with the old peasant man and the bay draft horse moves along the road, then slows to a stop: ahead on the snow lies a red fox, flat on its side, perfectly still, eyes narrowed but alive. The man pulls the reins, leans forward, and speaks quietly, lips moving. The horse looks ...