JOACHIM'S DICTIONARY

Based on a sparse, singular design by Ligia Branice, Joachim defines 26 words, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet.

Little fazes Joachim, the placid, alphabetically-assaulted protagonist of Walerian Borowczyk’s animated short. An expansion on the earlier, conceptually similar Grandma’s Encyclopedia, this surreal series of gags lampooning male anxiety makes for one of the great Polish filmmaker’s funniest films.