In a colorless, totalitarian society, where the basic necessities are scarce, 4 individuals use what they can to fulfill their artistic objective.
«Breakfast on the Grass was made during a unique time in the 1980s when Soviet Bloc animation was enjoying both the new freedoms of Gorbachev’s regime while at the same time still receiving state funding, something that would soon largely disappear under the new capitalist-style free markets.»
(Stephen Cavalier, “100 Greatest Animated Shorts / Breakfast on the Grass / Priit Pärn”, skwigly.co.uk, 2006)
