This year the program of the VOICES Festival is designed not only for the adults who know a lot (or are trying to look like they know a lot) about the art of cinema. From now on our youngest spectators will also get a chance to watch films of this level within the program “For grown-ups and children”. The program started with a kind and warm cartoon from cold Scandinavia “As tame as a bear”.
The film tells us about an 11-year-old Jonathan who is going to spend the whole summer at his Grandpa’s. But it turns out that he will be with his younger sister Sophie, which according to Jonathan is not cool at all. That is why Jonathan is trying to do everything possible to get rid of her until the girl is kidnapped by a 1000-year-old bear who has conifers growing right on his back.
At first sight the film might seem to be not a simple one for comprehension: the characters are not sharply divided into “good” and “bad”, rather serious, deep, not ‘childish’ topics are being touched upon. But one shouldn’t- underestimate our younger generation: the laughter of children, their reaction to the film prove that they have enjoyed the cartoon, it seems comprehensive and interesting to them. And the fact that the laughter of children was merging into that of adults automatically puts “As tame as a bear” on the shelve of the home video collection. Meanwhile, the sponsor of the Festival, the company “Kinder” helped “to consolidate” the effect from the film while giving a chocolate to every child upon leaving the cinema hall. What else does one need to be happy?
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