Children of the Wild West (Buffalo Kids , 2024, 93 min., sinh.), 5+
Hiding almost penniless on the transcontinental railroad, Mar / Tom faces dangers every step of the way ... until they join forces with a young boy in a wheelchair and his governess Eleanor in hopes of arriving in California.
Directed By: Juan Jes / Garc / Galocha, Pedro Sol / Garc /
Screenplay: Jordi Gasull, Javier Lopez Barreira, Pedro Sol Sequences Garc Altiva
Editing: Emil / Emil / Emil / Emil / Emil
Music By Fernando Vel Alacz Alacuez
Played By: Alisha Amakteir, Sean Bean, Gemma Arterton, Stephen Graham
Distributor: Fivia
Genre: family adventure comedy
Story
9-year-old Mar 6 and 12-year-old Tom are Irish siblings without parents who arrive in the hustle and bustle of NE 686 and quickly find themselves on a wild journey aboard the transcontinental "Orphan Train", where they meet an extraordinary new friend who will change their lives forever. On a dangerous and new discovery adventure, driven forward by curiosity, friendship and teamwork, they encounter cunning villains, surprising allies, unexpected heroes and unimaginable adventures, and behind all this lies a fun and touching search for a new home.
Author's statement
When my son Nicolas was born, I had the inevitable feeling that my life would change forever, and it really did. The daily routine of the whole family turned upside down. Suddenly we had to face the reality of a child with severe cerebral palsy, who will never speak, who will hardly be able to move and will be in fragile health.
But his sister, nevertheless, constantly invented new ways to play with him and included him in her games. From painting his face and putting it on, to pulling his arms with ropes so he could exercise. This was always his greatest encouragement, and in return he spoke to us with his own eyes.
Observing my children, I imagined a short cartoon about a girl who, without prejudice, converges with a boy with cerebral palsy. Although this seems anything but a great story, the cartoon Cuerdas (cords), as the most awarded short film in history, even entered the Guinness Book of records.
So I realized that such stories can not only be told, but must be told. Inclusive stories in which we overcome prejudices without giving up adventures make us think and make us better people. We combined all this into the film Children Of The Wild West.
In this adventure we focused on the pioneering years of the American Wild West, a time full of prejudices in which many cultures mixed in a unique historical moment. A time when one of the main characters was also nature.
But just like the story we want to tell, the people who accompany us on the way to it are also important in the film.
I am lucky to work with excellent professionals. We have been creating together for twenty years, and during this time they have stood by me in joys and ailments. They were by my side when my son was born twenty years ago and comforted me when he passed away three years ago.
Pedro Sol documents Garc Aluca, director
Otroci divjega zahoda ( Buffalo Kids , 2024, 93 min., sinh.), 5+
Mary in Tom se skoraj brez denarja skrivata na transkontinentalni železnici in se na vsakem koraku srečujeta z nevarnostmi… dokler ne združita moči z mladim fantom na invalidskem vozičku in njegovo guvernanto Eleanor v upanju, da bodo prispeli v Kalifornijo.
Režija: Juan Jesús García Galocha, Pedro Solís García
Scenarij: Jordi Gasull, Javier Lopez Barreira, Pedro Solís García
Montaža: Emily Killick
Glasba: Fernando Velázquez
Igrajo: Alisha Weir, Sean Bean, Gemma Arterton, Stephen Graham
Distributer: Fivia
Žanr: družinska pustolovska komedija
Zgodba
9- letna Mary in 12-letni Tom sta irska sorojenca brez staršev, ki leta 1886 s čezoceanko prispeta v vrvež New Yorka in se hitro znajdeta na divjem popotovanju na krovu transkontinentalnega »vlaka za sirote«, kjer spoznata izjemnega novega prijatelja, ki jima bo za vedno spremenil življenje. Na nevarni in novih odkritij polni pustolovščini, kjer jih naprej ženejo radovednost, prijateljstvo in timsko delo, naletijo na zvite zlobneže, presenetljive zaveznike, nepričakovane junake in nepredstavljive dogodivščine, za vsem tem pa se skriva zabavno in ganljivo iskanje novega doma.
Izjava avtorja
Ko se je rodil moj sin Nicolas, sem imel neizogiben občutek, da se bo moje življenje za vedno spremenilo, in res se je. Vsakodnevna rutina celotne družine se je postavila na glavo. Nenadoma smo se morali soočiti z realnostjo otroka s hudo cerebralno paralizo, ki ne bo nikoli spregovoril, ki se bo komajda lahko premikal in bo krhkega zdravja.
A njegova sestra je kljub temu ves čas izumljala nove načine, kako se igrati z njim, in ga vključevala v svoje igre. Od tega, da mu je poslikala obraz in ga našemila, do tega, da mu je z vrvmi vlekla roke, da je lahko telovadil. To mu je bilo vedno v največjo spodbudo, v zameno pa je z nami govoril s svojimi očmi.
Ob opazovanju svojih otrok sem si zamislil kratko risanko o deklici, ki se brez predsodkov zbliža z dečkom s cerebralno paralizo. Čeprav se to zdi vse prej kot odlična zgodba, se je risanka Cuerdas (Vrvice) kot največkrat nagrajeni kratki film v zgodovini vpisala celo v Guinnessovo knjigo rekordov.
Tako sem spoznal, da takšne zgodbe ne samo lahko pripovedujemo, ampak jih moramo pripovedovati. Vključujoče zgodbe, v katerih premagujemo predsodke, ne da bi se odpovedali pustolovščinam, nam dajo misliti in iz nas naredijo boljše ljudi. Vse to smo združili v film Otroci Divjega zahoda.
V tej pustolovščini smo se osredotočili na pionirska leta ameriškega divjega zahoda, čas, poln predsodkov, v katerem so se v edinstvenem zgodovinskem trenutku mešale številne kulture. Čas, ko je bila eden od glavnih likov tudi narava.
A pri filmu so prav tako kot zgodba, ki jo želimo povedati, pomembni tudi ljudje, ki nas spremljajo na poti do nje.
Srečo imam, da sodelujem z odličnimi strokovnjaki. Skupaj ustvarjamo že dvajset let in v tem času so mi stali ob strani v radostih in tegobah. Ob meni so bili, ko se je pred dvajsetimi leti rodil moj sin, in me tolažili, ko je pred tremi leti preminil.
Pedro Solís García, režiser
