Boy and the World
- Director: Alê Abreu
- Year: 2013
- Country: Brazil
- Running time: 80
- Animation technique: 2D Animation
- Title original: O Menino e o Mundo
- Production company: Filme de Papel
- Co producer: Tita Tessler, Fernanda Carvalho
- Festival selection: Animafest, 2016
- Festival awards: Academy Awards / 2015 / Best Animated Feature Film
- Distribution: Espaço Filmes
- Script: Alê Abreu
- Music: Ruben Feffer, Gustavo Kurlat
- Editing: Alê Abreu
- Voice: Vinicius Garcia, Felipe Zilse, Alê Abreu, Lu Horta, Marco Aurélio Campos, Cassius Romero
- Target audience: children
Synopsis:
Brazilian artist Alê Abreu’s Academy Award-nominated masterpiece is a riotous explosion of music and color, a breathtakingly original and vibrant cinematic experience that depicts the wonders and struggles of the modern world as seen through the eyes of a young boy. Cuca’s cozy rural life is shattered when his father leaves for the city, prompting him to embark on a quest to reunite his family. The young boy’s journey unfolds like a tapestry, the animation taking on greater complexity as his small world expands. Entering civilization, industrial landscapes are inhabited by animal-machines, with barrios of decoupage streets and shop windows and flashing neon advertisements that illuminate the night. The story depicts a clash between village and city, hand crafted and mechanized, rich and poor – and throughout the tumult, the heart and soul of the people beats on as a song.
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