Button (Russian: Пуговица, romanized: Pugovitsa) is a Soviet animated film directed by Vladimir Tarasov and released by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in 1982.

Frustrated by this small imperfection, he tries to fix it, pricks his finger, and, annoyed, rips the button off altogether.

Unexpectedly, the painted version of himself comes to life: when a fly lands on the canvas, this double coldly and deliberately kills it.

Thinking it’s a figment of his imagination, the artist shows the portrait to his beloved girlfriend, proud of the result.

In the final scene, the artist stands in a gallery, watching a crowd gather around his unembellished self-portrait, drawn simply in pencil.