Kiriku and the men and women
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Kiriku and the men and women |
| Original title | Kirikou et les hommes et les femmes |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michel Ocelot |
| script | Michel Ocelot Bénédicte Galup Cendrine Maubourguet Susie Morgenstern |
| production | Didier Brunner |
| music | Thibault Agyeman |
| cut | Patrick Ducruet |
Kiriku and the Men and Women is a 2012 French computer animation film directed by Michel Ocelot .
action
The wise grandfather reports that although he has told stories about Kiriku and the wild animals , the very clever and fast Kiriku from Africa has also experienced many things with people:
Since Kiriku's neighbor disobeyed the evil sorceress Karaba, Karaba had her hut burned down and forbade the villagers to re-cover the hut. Kiriku's mother takes the neighbor into her hut, but she hardly finds a good word about the accommodation, the food and Kiriku's manners. When Karaba's hut is partially covered in a storm and their henchmen, the wooden fetishes, cannot cover the roof, the villagers have an idea: They cover Karaba's hut, which in return allows them to repair the neighbor's hut as well. So the neighbor can move out at Kiriku at the end.
One day the village elder has disappeared, but the villagers don't get restless until the end of the day. It is too late to search as it is already dark. While the village is going to sleep, Kiriku goes to Karaba's house, imitates the voice of the sorceress and thereby makes the roof fetish look for the village elder who is sitting on a tree in the weeping fig area. Kiriku goes to him. The village elder has fled up a tree from a jackal . While Kiriku and the man are still thinking about how to get back to the village, the jackal is attacked and killed by a black panther . The village elder and Kiriku can climb down from the tree. On the way to the village, the village elder eats fruit that contains alcohol. After a while he gets drunk and curses Karaba. She sends her fetishes to arrest the man. Thanks to Kiriku, the fetishes are misdirected so that they bring a boulder to Karaba instead of the village elder.
As the children of the village are playing near a spring, they suddenly see something blue rushing around. The children think it is Karaba, but the blue one turns out to be a blue-clad white boy. All children are afraid, they believe that the boy is seriously ill. Only Kiriku goes to him. The boy speaks a foreign language, but shows that he was traveling with a camel caravan and that he was separated from his parents by a sandstorm. The children take the boy to the village, where the neighbor is particularly negative, as she too believes that the child's clothes hide serious illnesses. Only Kiriku's mother intervenes: she realizes that the boy is a Tuareg . When the boy rescues a neighbor's daughter from a wild panther, the rest of the village is also on good terms with the boy. Kiriku and his mother finally leave with the boy and find his caravan.
One day an old griot appears in the village and offers to tell fairy tales in the evening. At first, the neighbor in particular is not very enthusiastic, as people work hard in the village. In the end, all the villagers meet by the fire in the evening. The Griotte begins to tell an old story. Karaba also learns about it, but cannot hear the story very well. She sends the fetishes to the village to get the griotte, but refuses to go with the wooden creatures. Shortly afterwards, Karaba sends a fetish that makes the villagers fall into a deep sleep. Only Kiriku, who had moved away from the group, stays awake. He sees the griotte being brought by the fetishes to Karaba, where she continues the story. The Griotte stays with Karaba and Kiriku, who hears the progress of the story every evening, tells the villagers about it, and he even invents his own ending. The griot eventually returns to the village and is certain that one day Kiriku will also become a great griot.
One day there is a strong desert wind that makes the babies in the village cry. The villagers try to bring the children to rest with music, so Kiriku first blows on a blade of grass and later tries to build a trumpet for himself. The fetishes appear several times to urge calm. Kiriku finally carves a flute out of reeds, on which he begins to play poorly. The fetishes destroy his instrument. Kiriku builds a new one, which he eventually learns to play in a cave. His mother helps him because she is a very good flute player. Her late husband played an elaborate flute and once taught her the game. However, the villagers disapproved of the woman playing the flute, so Kiriku's mother never picked up the instrument again. Kiriku and her mother return to the village community and start playing the flute together. The other villagers invade with their instruments. The fetishes appear but only require that the music be played louder so that Karaba can hear the music. The sorceress finally joins the music with singing.
production
In 1998, Michel Ocelot's cartoon Kiriku and the Sorceress appeared. The film, based on African fairy tales, was a huge hit with audiences and received numerous awards. With Kiriku and the Wild Animals , the story of the little boy Kiriku was revisited in 2005, with the film having an episodic plot that was initiated by Kiriku's grandfather. Ocelot also took up the concept in the third film about Kiriku, Kiriku and the men and women . However, unlike the first two films, the third is computer animated, mimicking the animation style of the first two films. According to director Ocelot, it will be the last Kiriku film.
Kiriku and the men and women had its premiere on September 28, 2012 as part of the Festival du Film Francophone de Namur. It was released in French cinemas on October 3, 2012, where it was seen by around one million viewers. In Germany it was released directly on DVD in August 2014.
synchronization
| role | Voice actor (original) |
|---|---|
| Kiriku | Romann Berrux |
| Karaba | Awa Sene Sarr |
| mother | Jessica Tougloh |
| grandfather | Emmanuel de Ksët Gomes |
| neighbor | Sabine Behika Pakora |
| Village elder | Umbañ U Ksët |
| Uncle, roof fetish | Jean Landruphe Diby |
| the griot | Evelyne Pèlerin-Ngo Maa |
| Anigourran | Rissa Wanaghli |
Awards
Kiriku and the Men and Women was nominated for a César in 2013 in the Best Animated Film category.
Web links
- Kirikou and the men and women in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to the DVD booklet; according to film-dienst the title is Kiriku and the men and women .
- ↑ Kiriku and the men and women on animationsfilme.ch, November 27, 2014.
- ↑ Secrets tournage - Fin de la trilogie on allocine.fr
- ↑ See Kiriku and the men and women on allocine.fr
- ↑ Information according to the film credits.