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Ernest & Celestine
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Director: Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar Run Time: 78 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2012
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Lauren Bacall, Mackenzie Foy, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, Paul Giamatti, William H. Macy
Screenwriter: Daniel Pennac from the books by Gabrielle Vincent
Producer: Eric Beckman, David Jesteadt, Michael Sinterniklaas, Didier Brunner, Henri Magalon, Stéphan Roelants, Vincent Tavier
Deep below snowy, cobblestone streets, tucked away in networks of winding subterranean tunnels, lives a civilization of hardworking mice, terrified of the bears who live above ground. Unlike her fellow mice, Celestine is an artist and a dreamer – and when she nearly ends up as breakfast for ursine troubadour Ernest, the two form an unlikely bond. But it isn’t long before their friendship is put on trial by their respective bear-fearing and mice-eating communities.
With standing ovations at Cannes and Toronto, Oscar nominated Ernest & Celestine joyfully leaps across genres and influences to capture the kinetic, limitless possibilities of animated storytelling. Like a gorgeous watercolor painting brought to life, a constantly shifting pastel color palette bursts and drips across the screen, while wonderful storytelling and brilliant comic timing draw up influences as varied as Buster Keaton, Bugs Bunny and the outlaw romanticism of Bonnie and Clyde. Bringing it all together is the on-screen chemistry between the two lead characters – a flowing, tender and playful rapport that will put a smile on your face and make your heart grow.