Included in the Criterion Collection release of Guy Maddin's "My Winnipeg." In 1964, Guy Maddin found a crumpled piece of paper with this story written on it outside his elementary school. Fifty years later, Drew Christie adapted it into an animated short film, narrated by Maddin. In 1964, the Canadian auteur filmmaker Guy Maddin found a crumpled up story outside of his elementary school. He has kept it with him his entire life, never knowing who the author was. This film is this story brought to life. It tells the tale of a cruel father, a folk hero and a duck.