Ernest & Celestine
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Ernest & Celestine |
| Original title | Ernest and Celestine |
| Country of production |
France Belgium Luxembourg |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 77 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Stéphane Aubier Vincent Patar Benjamin Renner |
| script | Daniel Pennac |
| production |
Didier Brunner Henri Magalon Stéphan Roelants Vincent Tavier |
| music | Vincent Courtois |
Ernest & Célestine is a cartoon by Stéphane Aubier , Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner from 2012. The film, a Franco-Belgian-Luxembourg coproduction, is based on the children's book series Ernest et Célestine (German title: Mimi and Brumm ) by Gabrielle Vincent .
action
Célestine is a mouse who, like all mice, has been warned since childhood about the big bad bear, who loves to eat mice. However, she likes bears. Because she is supposed to become a dentist, like other mice, she has to pre-qualify as a tooth mouse. From the world of the mice below, she has to ascend into the world of the bears in order to take the lost teeth that the bears put under their pillow in order to find a coin the next day. In the mouse realm, new incisor teeth are filed from the strong bear teeth. On one of these excursions, Célestine only manages to take a tooth that belongs to the son of the candy merchant Georges in one evening. Then she is hunted by Georges and his wife Lucienne, both of whom are afraid of mice, and in the end she is unintentionally locked in a garbage can. Here the bear Ernest finds her. Ernest woke up from hunger in the middle of hibernation , but he has neither food in the house nor does he manage to earn some money or food as a street musician. Rummaging through the garbage cans, he finds Célestine, who, however, refuses to be eaten. Instead, she opens the window to Georges' candy store for him and Ernest is happy.
Célestine returns to the mouse realm underground, but can only deliver one tooth. Because there are also numerous drawings in her pocket, the dentist mice conclude that she is not taking her work seriously. She is now sent away and is only allowed to enter the mouse realm again if she brings at least 50 bear teeth with her. In the Bear Kingdom she realizes that Georges and Lucienne are running a flourishing business: Georges sells sweets and damages the customers' teeth. His wife, in turn, runs a dentist shop across the street, where she sells new bear teeth. While Célestine is marveling at the teeth in the shop windows, Ernest, whom Georges found in his candy store, is arrested. Célestine manages to free Ernest, who breaks into Lucienne's tooth shop for her. The next morning the mice find Celestine with a large sack full of teeth. They celebrate until they discover Ernest in one of the mouse caves. Ernest and Célestine are chased out of the mouse kingdom together, steal Georges' red delivery truck and escape the police of both animal kingdoms.
Ernest drives to his cabin in the woods. At first he wants to turn Célestine away, but she manages to return to his hut until she is allowed to move into her realm in the cellar of the house. Mouse and bear become friends over time, Célestine is allowed to move to the ground floor of the hut and has her own little painting studio. When Ernest falls ill, Célestine takes care of him and both comfort each other when the other has nightmares. On the radio they are concerned about the wanted reports, as the police are still looking for them. Spring is coming and both of them are repainting the red van that could otherwise give them away. During a major thunderstorm, however, the paint was partially washed off and the car rolled off until it drove into Georges' candy store after a long drive. The police of both peoples now follow the tire tracks and land at Ernest's hut. Célestine hides him in the basement, whereupon the bear is captured by the mice breaking in there, while Célestine becomes a captive of the bears. At the court hearings, in which both animals are accused of scaring the other, Ernest and Célestine do not betray each other and accuse the judges of a show trial because they are friends with a mouse and a bear. During the course of the trial, a fire breaks out in the mouse realm, which also spreads to the bears' courtroom. The spectators soon flee while the judges are saved by Ernest and Célestine. Both wish to thank each other to see each other again. Ernest and Célestine are acquitted independently of each other and then hug each other. Later they both sit in Ernest's hut. Célestine is against her story being told, among other things because Ernest found her in a garbage can. Ernest thinks up an alternative beginning: how he found and raised the newborn Célestine and how both have always lived together.
production
Ernest und Célestine is based on the children's book series Ernest et Célestine by the Belgian writer and illustrator Gabrielle Vincent, which was published in Germany under the title Mimi und Brumm . The idea for the filming of the material came from producer Didier Brunner, who read the stories about the mouse Célestine and the bear Ernest to his daughter. The animation style is based on Japanese models, including the films by Hayao Miyazaki . The budget was around 9.6 million euros.
The film premiered on May 23, 2012 at the Cannes International Film Festival . It opened in French cinemas on December 12, 2012, where it was seen by 884,209 viewers. The film was released on DVD in Germany on December 3, 2013.
synchronization
| role | Original speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Ernest | Lambert Wilson | Hartmut Neugebauer |
| Celestine | Pauline Brunner | Paulina Rümmelein |
| the gray one | Anne-Marie Loop | Eva-Maria Bayerwaltes |
| Georges | Patrice Melennec | Ekkehardt Belle |
| Lucienne | Brigitte Virtudes | Bettina Redlich |
criticism
The film received an extremely good response. 97% of the reviews counted on Rotten Tomatoes had a positive tenor with an average rating of 8.2 out of 10 possible points. In summary, the website says: "Sweet and visually enchanting: Ernest & Célestine offers entertainment for animation lovers of all ages."
The film evaluation office praised the film, which was told "child-friendly but not easy" and had "beautiful, graphic ideas". The dialogues are not “childish, but witty and sometimes full of tender poetry. […] [T] he film image [is] so filled with originally drawn details that it belongs on the big screen. "The Bundesverband Jugend und Film eV counted Ernest & Célestine " among the best animated films for children ever originated ".
Awards
Ernest & Célestine won the SACD Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2012 . The film received a César in the category Best Animated Film in 2013 and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animation in 2013 . At the Seattle International Film Festival was Ernest & Celestine awarded the Films4Families Youth Jury Award and was in the same year for a Satellite Award nomination for Best Animated Film. The film evaluation board awarded Ernst & Célestine the title “particularly valuable”.
In 2014, the film received six nominations for an Annie Award . It was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Animated Film and was nominated by the Motion Picture Sound Editors for a Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing. He also won three Magritte du Cinéma : in the categories of Best Film, Best Director and Best Sound.
Web links
- Ernest & Celestine in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official page for the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Secrets tournage on allocine.fr
- ↑ a b See Ernest et Célestine on allocine.fr
- ↑ Rotten Tomatoes: Ernest & Célestine
- ↑ a b See Ernest & Célestine on fbw-filmbeval.com
- ↑ Oscar nomination for "Ernest & Célestine" . bjf.info, accessed March 18, 2014.
- ↑ See Ernest & Célestine receives three Magritte du Cinéma, including the one for best film . studiocanal.com, February 3, 2014.