The Boy and the World (O Menino e o Mundo)
Dir. Alê Abreu. Brazil, 2014, 80 MIN.
Van City Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 3M7
Friday December 18, 5pm; Saturday December 19, 12pm; Sunday December 20, 5:15pm; Monday December 21, 4:30pm; Tuesday December 22, 5pm; Wednesday December 23, 5:20pm; Thursday December 24, 12:15pm
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Rated G
An eco-animated gem, this fable about a small boy tracing his missing father’s footsteps from a rural cabin to the big city (and beyond) doesn’t need words to spell out its message about the devastating impact of globalization. But Ale Abreu’s film is much more than a sermon. For a start it is breathtakingly beautiful and inventive example of the animator’s art, a film of kaleidoscopic visual rhapsodies and delightfully curious investigations into shape and colour, transforming both natural and industrial landscapes into dazzling child’s-eye tableaux. It’s also a musical of sorts, propelled by the infectious Brazilian-inflected score by Ruben Feffer and Gustavo Kurlat, based on used scrap material, vocal and body percussion, “so colourfully varied it could by itself put stories in your head” (Ken Eisner, Georgia Straight).
Winner: Best Feature and Audience Award, Annecy International Animated Film Festival; Best Children’s Feature, Mill Valley Film Festival; Special Jury Award, Shanghai Film Festival; Best Animated Film, Best Children’s Film, Cinema Brazil Awards.
Youth tickets (under 19) only $7 to this show
“The Boy and the World takes full of advantage of animation’s ability to seamlessly segue from fantasy to reality and back again. It’s on a par with Studio Ghibli in reminding you of the limitless potential of the cartoon, and of its emotional power.” — Brogan Morris, We Got This Covered