Year of the Hedgehog

Oct 1, 2009

0h 49m

★ 7.2

Overview

It's springtime, the air is tepid, the skylarks chirp, and spring flowers cover the meadows and the forest grounds. Out of a pile of leaves a fluttery, sniffling snout tip appears: it's a hedgehog awakening from its winter sleep heading into the light of a new year, having only two things in mind: food and finding a partner.

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Documentary

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Self (narrator)

Stephen Crilley

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