Angelo in the Magic Forest (Angelo dans la for contactt m contactst contactrieuse , France, Luxembourg, 2024, 80 min., sinh.)
More than anything in the world, Angelo wants to become an explorer and adventurer. Soon his dream comes true, and he embarks on an exciting adventure in a magical forest.
Directed and written by: Vincent Paronnaud, Ale Modulis Ducord
Screenplay: Vincent Paronnaud
Installation: Julie Salon
Music By Olivier Bernet
Played By: Teja Bitenc, Primoz Pirnat, Uros Smolej, Borut Veselko, Andrej Murenc, Jozef Roposha, Vesna Pernarcic, Branko Jordan, Gasper Malnar, Iztok Luzhar, Maja Kunsic, Gasper Jarni
Festivals, awards: Annecy; Cannes; Sarajevo; the Young Horizons (people's choice); Cinekid
Distribution: Fivia
Genre: animated family film
Story
Ten-year-old Angelo lives a very ordinary life. He has a vivid imagination and imagines that he will become an explorer. One day, the family learns that the grandmother has become seriously ill, so they rush to her. On the way, they stop and Angelo sets off to explore the surroundings. Distracted parents forget him there, and little Angelo knows neither where nor where. He goes to the forest, where he experiences many things that he could not even imagine in his imagination. He meets an ant who uses him as a means of transport, a squirrel who is convinced that he is a bird, a giant who Angelo delights with the last candy, and many other fantastic creatures that spice up his journey.
Author's statement
"This is clearly a film for children. Even if I wanted to make a more complex film, I would need a simple story as a starting point. Ale 6is and I are not afraid of cliches, of which there were many in the book; they are associations with fairy tales and Giants. But as a father who likes to watch cartoons with his children, I was horrified to get bored in the process. Some cartoons aimed at younger children can be truly terrifying from this point of view. When you make a movie for children who are not yet teenagers, you can start having fun, put some references in the story and play a clever game that children can perceive, but do not necessarily understand. The third step is to involve parents who become involved in the film because we deal with topics that are quite entertaining, but also very painful, such as Grandma's death. Telling a story to children does not mean doing something too simple, sucking up to them and thinking that we will teach them something.«
Vincent Paronnaud
Comment
"The silly fantastic creatures Angelo encounters in this wacky forest compete with the many characters that populate classic stories like Alice In Wonderland or The Wizard of Oz . A pessimistic frog with a talent for music, a squirrel who wants to be a bird, a cloud trying to control its tendency to get angry, a giant who works as a real estate agent, and bloodthirsty ants – these are just some of the many wacky friends /.../ among them is Gu, a giant pile made of Earth and plants that communicates with grunts and resembles Marvel's Groot. And Gu is the most important for Angel's journey; he is also extremely technically perfect due to his texture and ability to change shape like an amorphous mass.«
Carlos Aguilar, Variety / / / / / / / / / / /
Angelo v čarobnem gozdu ( Angelo dans la forêt mystérieuse , Francija, Luksemburg, 2024, 80 min., sinh.)
Angelo si bolj kot vse na svetu želi postati raziskovalec in pustolovec. Kmalu se mu sanje uresničijo in poda se na razburljivo dogodivščino v čarobni gozd.
Režija in scenarij: Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducord
Scenarij: Vincent Paronnaud
Montaža: Julie Salon
Glasba: Olivier Bernet
Igrajo: Teja Bitenc, Primož Pirnat, Uroš Smolej, Borut Veselko, Andrej Murenc, Jožef Ropoša, Vesna Pernarčič, Branko Jordan, Gašper Malnar, Iztok Lužar, Maja Kunšič, Gašper Jarni
Festivali, nagrade: Annecy; Cannes; Sarajevo; Young Horizons (nagrada občinstva); Cinekid
Distribucija: Fivia
Žanr: animirani družinski film
Zgodba
Desetletni Angelo živi čisto običajno življenje. Ima bujno domišljijo in si predstavlja, da bo postal raziskovalec. Nekega dne družina izve, da je babica hudo zbolela, zato pohitijo k njej. Na poti se ustavijo in Angelo se odpravi raziskovat okolico. Raztreseni starši ga tam pozabijo, mali Angelo pa ne ve ne kod, ne kam. Odpravi se v gozd, kjer doživi marsikaj, česar si niti v domišljiji ni mogel predstavljati. Sreča mravlje, ki ga uporabijo za prevozno sredstvo, veverico, ki je prepričana, da je ptič, velikana, ki ga Angelo razveseli z zadnjim bombonom, ter številna druga fantastična bitja, ki popestrijo njegovo popotovanje.
Izjava avtorja
»To je očitno film za otroke. Tudi če bi hotela narediti bolj zapleten film, bi za izhodišče potrebovala enostavno zgodbo. Z Alexisom se ne bojiva klišejev, ki jih je bilo v knjigi veliko; gre za povezave s pravljicami in velikani. A kot očeta, ki rad gleda risanke s svojimi otroki, me je groza, da bi mi pri tem postalo dolgčas. Nekatere risanke, namenjene mlajšim otrokom, so lahko s tega vidika resnično grozljive. Ko delaš film za otroke, ki še niso najstniki, se lahko začneš zabavati, v zgodbo vtakneš nekaj referenc in se igraš bistroumno igro, ki jo otroci lahko zaznavajo, ni pa nujno, da jo razumejo. Tretji korak je, da vključiva starše, ki postanejo vpleteni v film, ker se ukvarjava s temami, ki so precej zabavne, pa tudi zelo boleče, na primer babičina smrt. Če pripovedujemo zgodbo otrokom, to ne pomeni, da naredimo nekaj preveč preprosto, se jim prilizujemo in mislimo, da jih bomo kaj naučili.«
Vincent Paronnaud
Komentar
»Trapasta fantastična bitja, ki jih Angelo sreča v tem čudaškem gozdu, konkurirajo številnim likom, ki naseljujejo klasične zgodbe, kot so Alica v čudežni deželi ali Čarovnik iz Oza . Pesimistična žaba, ki je nadarjena za glasbo, veverica, ki bi rada bila ptič, oblak, ki skuša obvladati svojo nagnjenost k jeznim izpadom, velikan, ki dela kot nepremičninski agent, in krvoločne mravlje – to so le nekateri izmed številnih čudaških prijateljev /…/ Med njimi je tudi Gu, velikanski kup, narejen iz zemlje in rastlin, ki komunicira z godrnjanjem in je podoben Marvelovemu Grootu. In Gu je za Angelovo potovanje najpomembnejši; je tudi izjemno tehnično dovršen zaradi svoje teksture in sposobnosti, da kot amorfna gmota spreminja obliko.«
Carlos Aguilar, Variety