The boy and the world
Movie | |
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German title | The boy and the world |
Original title | O Menino eo Mundo |
Country of production | Brazil |
original language | Portuguese |
Publishing year | 2013 |
length | 83 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 0 |
Rod | |
Director | Alê Abreu |
script | Alê Abreu |
production |
Fernanda Carvalho , Tita Tessler |
music |
Ruben Feffer , Gustavo Kurlat |
cut | Alê Abreu |
The boy and the world (original title: O Menino eo Mundo ) is a Brazilian animated film without dialogue by Alê Abreu . The film premiered at the Ottawa International Animation Festival on September 20, 2013 and opened in German cinemas on December 17, 2015. It also received a nomination for best animated feature film for the 2016 Academy Awards .
action
When the father of a bright little boy moves to town to find work, he is left alone. He travels after him longingly and experiences the transition from rural life to an industrial city. Life there is ruled by a military regime, so he has to muster all his courage to face the dangers and find his father.
criticism
The film service described the film as a “complex fable for both adults and children, in which sounds and images form an almost magical symbiosis”. The “masterful animation film” lives “from the splendid play with shapes, colors and movements, whereby the staging uses the possibilities of the animated film between reality, present and memory, abstraction and details”, “to mediate between the joy of looking and the socially critical aspects ".
Awards
The film was hugely successful and won awards at over 40 film festivals including:
- Festival d'Animation Annecy 2014: Best Film and Audience Award
- Annie Awards 2016: Best Animated Feature - Independent (also nominations for music and set design)
- Cairo International Film Festival 2014: Best Screenplay
- Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro (Cinema Brazil Grand Prize) 2015: Best Animated Film, Best Children's Film (also nomination for Best Original Screenplay)
- Filmfest München 2014: One Future Prize, honorable mention
- Shanghai International Film Festival 2014: Special Jury Award
- São Paulo International Film Festival 2013: Best Brazilian Film
Web links
- Official website
- The boy and the world in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Boy and the World . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2015 (PDF; test number: 155 374 K).
- ↑ Release Info. Internet Movie Database, accessed February 25, 2016 .
- ^ Zach Johnson: Oscars 2016 Nominations: Complete List of Nominees. E! Online, January 14, 2016, accessed January 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Stefan Stiletto: The boy and the world. Filmdienst , 25/2015, accessed on February 25, 2016 (short review).
- ↑ Awards. Internet Movie Database, accessed February 26, 2016 .