In a world inhabited by anthropomorphic produce, "Cipollino, the Onion Boy" fights the unjust treatment of his fellow vegetable townsfolk by the fruit royalty (Prince Lemon and the overly proud Lord Tomato) in the garden kingdom.
Boris Dyozhkin
Director
Nina Gulyayeva
Chipollino (voice)
Vera Orlova
radish (voice)
Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya
countess Cherries (voice)
Erast Garin
uncle Grapes / shoemaker (voice)
Sergei Martinson
prince Lemon / Soldiers Limonchiki (voice)
Grigoriy Shpigel
signor Tomato / 1st Street Gossip (voice)
Georgiy Vitsin
cactus (voice)
Yuri Khrzhanovsky
doggie Vacuum Cleaner (voice)
Georgi Millyar
2nd Street Gossip / Uncle Bilberry / Mr. Morkou (voice)
Elena Ponsova
countess Cherries (voice)
Margarita Korabelnikova
count Cherry (voice)
The re-living of this historic trial through this film is relevant to current politics and disturbingly enjoyable to watch due to the excellent performances from the ensemble cast. If you like a juicy courtroom drama, this film will definitely scratch that itch in a really chilling manner.
Desi’s “straight man” to Lucy’s playful exuberance subverted people’s expectations of what a Latino man could be and added respect and nuance to the way onscreen marriages between men and women were portrayed.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is the most human movie of the year. It is based on the 2010 short of the same name that follows a big-hearted, little shell named Marcel as he navigates through life in a human-sized world.
The nations of Wakanda and Talokan enter war over their opposing viewpoints on dealing with the destructive hearts of humankind on the surface world.
Animation as a medium of storytelling can be thought to be open to all ages and as I hope my readings will reveal, they could be interpreted as transgender stories.