Kiriku and the sorceress
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Kiriku and the sorceress |
| Original title | Kirikou et la Sorcière |
| Country of production | France , Belgium , Luxembourg |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 74 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michel Ocelot |
| script | Michel Ocelot |
| production |
Didier Brunner Paul Thiltges Jacques Vercruyssen |
| music | Youssou N'Dour |
| cut | Dominique Lefèvre |
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Kiriku and the Sorceress (Original title: Kirikou et la Sorcière ) is a French animated film and the first full-length film by Guinea- raised director Michel Ocelot from 1998. The film is loosely based on a West African fairy tale and was so successful that 2005 the sequel Kiriku and the Wild Animals came into being. In 2007 the musical Kiriku and Karaba followed .
action
The tiny boy Kiriku is born in a small village in the West African savannah . He speaks in the womb, is intelligent, quick-witted, can run very quickly and is a special child in every respect.
The village is tyrannized by the evil sorceress Karaba. She has already captured almost all of the men. Only women, children, an old man and Kiriku's uncle are left. The sorceress leaves nothing out to make life difficult for the villagers. She lets the nearby spring dry up, sends enchanted wooden fetishes to the village to steal jewelry and everything valuable, and tries several times to kidnap the children too. She never leaves her house herself.
The clever Kiriku is not intimidated by Karaba and can always trick the sorceress. He thwarts Karaba's kidnapping attempts and brings the spring back to bubbling. Finally, he makes the dangerous journey to his wise grandfather, who lives in the mountains behind Karaba's house. From him he learns that the sorceress herself is bewitched because bad people once thrust a thorn deep into her spine .
With a trick, Kiriku succeeds in pulling the thorn out of Karaba's back, whereupon the malice falls away from her and she becomes a normal woman again. Kiriku himself is also redeemed. A kiss from Karaba makes him grow into a tall, strong man.
Voice actor
| role | french speakers | German speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Kiriku | Doudou Gueye Thiaw | Gabriel Wanka |
| Kiriku as a man | William Nadylam-Yotnda / Sébastien Hébrant | Philipp Brammer |
| Karaba | Awa Sène Sarr | Claudia Urbschat-Mingues |
| mother | Maimouna N'Diaye | Mo Asumang |
| grandfather | Robert Lionsol | Harald Leipnitz |
Awards
| year | event | Award | category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Annecy International Animated Film Festival | Grand Prix | Best animation film | won |
| 1999 | Castellinaria International Festival of Young Cinema | Environment and Health Award | won | |
| 1999 | Castellinaria International Festival of Young Cinema | Silver Castle | won | |
| 1999 | Chicago International Children's Film Festival | Adult's Jury Award | Feature film and video animation | won |
| 1999 | Chicago International Children's Film Festival | Children's Jury Award | Feature film and video animation | won |
| 1999 | Cinekid | Cinekid Film Award | won | |
| 1999 | Oulu International Children's Film Festival | CIFEJ Award | won | |
| 1999 | Oulu International Children's Film Festival | Starboy Award | nominated | |
| 2000 | Ale cinema! - International Young Audience Film Festival | Silver Poznan Goat | Best animation film | won |
| 2000 | Cartagena Film Festival | Prize of the Children's Cinema Competition Jury | Best Feature Film for Children | won |
| 2000 | Montréal International Children's Film Festival | Special Jury Prize | Feature film | won |
| 2002 | British Animation Awards | British Animation Award | Best European Feature Film |
won (with Chicken Run - hens run ) |
Sequels
Due to the success of Kiriku and the Sorceress , Michel Ocelot released the sequel Kiriku and the Wild Animals in 2005 . This is located in the middle of the first film and tells four episodes from the life of Kiriku and the villagers. In 2012, Kiriku and the Men and Women, a third film consisting of five episodes, followed.
literature
- Maha Gad El Hak: West African Culture through Animated Film: The Example of Kirikou . In: Ousseina Alidou and Renée Larrier (Eds.): Writing through the Visual and Virtual: Inscribing Language, Literature, and Culture in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean . Lexington Books, Lanham 2015, ISBN 978-1-4985-0163-7 , pp. 275-284 .
Web links
- Kirikou and the Sorceress in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kirikou et la sorcière at Le Palais des dessins animés
- German-language website of the station Arte about the film
- BBC about the film (s)
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] Speaker on imdb.de
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. German speakers on arte.tv
