‘The Boy and The World’ Director Returns With ‘Perlimps,’ Best Friend Forever Boards Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
09.03.2022 - 19:15
/ variety.com
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBrussels-based company Best Friend Forever has boarded “Perlimps,” an animated feature directed by Alê Abreu, the Brazilian filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated animated feature “The Boy and the World.”Best Friend Forever will launch international sales on the project at Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux. Now in post, the fantasy adventure film follows the journey of Claé and Bruô, a pair of secret agents from rival kingdoms who must join forces in spite of their differences to search for the Perlimps, mysterious creatures who can ultimately find a way to peace in times of war.
The animation for the film was hand-drawn by Abreu and a reduced team who spent four years in a mountain village in Brazil. Abreu collaborated with senior Brazilian animator Sandro Cleuzo (“Klaus,” “Missing Link”).
The voice cast boasts Stênio Garcia (“Eu, tu, eles”), Giulia Benite (“Turma de Mônica: Laços”) and Lorenzo Tarantelli.“With this film I was guided mainly by color, a very powerful tool that brings an important layer to the adventure and is key to the understanding of the film,” said Abreu. The rising filmmaker said “childhood is represented in the film as a physical space where everything is possible, generating an incredible power of transformation through hope.”Abreu is best known for directing “The Boy and the World,” which earned an Oscar nomination for best animated feature in 2016 after nabbing the Crystal and audience award in Annecy, as well as the Annie award for best independent feature.“Perlimps” is being produced by Laís Bodanzky and Luiz Bolognesi at Buriti Filmes, and Ernesto Soto, in co-production with Sony Pictures, Globo Filmes, Gloob and Alê Abreu.
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