Nahuel and the Magic Book

You mean Victor & Valentino 2.0?

I believe the film has been described as being more "ghiblish" in its style.
Whether that is good or bad, remains to be seen

Now you have my attention
Does she have a name?

>Will it suffer from the same problems all Chilean Animation Project suffer?
you mean, not being 31 minutos?

>31 minutos
>Animation
user...

Oh shit, nice! I actually saw this film on Annecy just a few days ago. It's a pretty comfy film, has some nice moments but it kinda feels like someone's first film. There's a lot of plot points that feel like they were added BECAUSE they had to be there in this type of magical journey movie.

While that's a structural weakness, it more than makes up for it with above average animation, great character designs and a nice mellow mood. has the right idea, it's like Chilean Ghibli.

V&V is chicanos trying to appeal latinos via stereotypes.
This is Chileans doing a movie based in local folklore, in a way to show said rich folklore to other cultures.
It's literally the opposite V&V does. Specially considering Chilean culture looks nothing like what V&V tries to portray (being V&V a bastardized vision of mexican culture).

>he doesn't know
user, puppets count as Zig Forums

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Yo no comería eso, Tulio. He visto como lo hacen...

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Chilean user here who hasn't seen the film yet. Serious questions here, if you can reply, I would be very grateful, also feel free to spoil (with the proper spoiler tag, of course, for sensitive anons):

>Any references to the Military Government/Dictatorship?
>Do they forcefeed you mapuche or (real) indigenous folklore? Or does it feel natural and part of the narrative?
>Any (forced or not) pandering?

>puppets
so puppets count as Animation? The more you know...

>mapuche
>rich folklore
kek

If this film is just starting its festival run it will be months (if not years) before I can see it...
Anything you can tell us about this character ?

Hola Chileno anonimo!

>No, no reference to anything like that. Except for the adventure Nauel goes on and a couple of bullies it's an idyllic peaceful environment.
>It's kind of Ghibli style where it's not really put up as a centerpiece. What I mean is if you compare to Spirited Away, all those spirits and creatures are part of Japanese folklore, but as a westerner I don't see the specifics, just marvel at the creativity. I think it's the same here where the things just kind of exist, with the bare minimum of exposition. It doesn't feel like a "Very special episode" at the very least.
>Didn't notice any pandering, but might not have known what to look for. Nahuel teams up with a an apprentice witch girl (forgot her name) and a man who has transformed into a dog. It's just a straight children's fantasy adventure story, with trials, party members acquired, temptations, misunderstandings etc.

I think Chileans can be proud of this film. As I said before, it's not perfect, mostly in the story telling. Feels like some young writer who had read similar stories and wanted to make their own, not adjusting plot points and characters to fit the story on hand. But I feel everything else elevates it.

Is there romance?

Oh, didn't see this message before I sent the last one. I'll spoiler for those who care:

>she's an evil witch, servant to the main bad guy witch/warlock (they call all magic users 'brujos/brujas') who tries to get the magic book away from Nahuel and to her master.
>It turns out that one of Nahuel's companions is a man who has turned into a dog after a struggle with the warlock and kidnapping his girlfriend, and during the final confrontation we find out that she is that girlfriend.

She's pretty cool animation wise. The evil witches have this crow/raven motif that's really nice and she can morph into a flock of crows as a means of movement which is very satisfying to watch.

>Some but not for Nahuel. There's a man cursed to be a dog who joins on the quest to save his girlfriend. Also the beginning of the film is a sad tender moment of Nahuels parents together as she gives birth to him on their fishing boat.

i really want to watch this movie, it gives me Cartoon Saloon vibes, and that's good.

It does feel a lot like a Chilean Song of the Sea.

¡Muchas gracias!

>I think Chileans can be proud of this film
I really hope it is the case, honestly I don't like Bear Story precisely because different groups were clearly biased due its references to the Military Government.

>The evil witches have this crow/raven motif
That is because one of the signature magic/spells of chilean witches/warlocks is to become a bird-like creature known as "Chonchón" or "Tué-tué".

Huh, well I'm aware of the Pinochet regime but I think this movie is taking place in the more or less modern day. Can't even remember them using phones or other modern devices in the film.

Just looked up Bear Story. Seems interesting, what's up with that one?

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why does he look asien if he is form chile?

'Cause that's how some Chileans look like?