The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (film)

The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (Italian: La famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia; French: La Fameuse Invasion des ours en Sicile) is an Italian-French animated film directed by Lorenzo Mattotti. It is based on the Italian children's book The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily by Dino Buzzati.[2] It was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed byLorenzo Mattotti
Produced byValérie Schermann
Christophe Jankovic
Screenplay byJean-Luc Fromental
Thomas Bidegain
Lorenzo Mattotti
Based onThe Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily by Dino Buzzati
Production
company
Prima Linea Productions
Release date
  • 21 May 2019 (2019-05-21) (Cannes)
[1]
  • 7 November 2019 (2019-11-07) (Italy)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryItaly
France
LanguageItalian
French
Budget€11 million

Cast
Character French Voice Italian Voice
AlmerinaLeïla BekhtiLinda Caridi
GedeoneThomas BidegainAntonio Albanese
Old BearJean-Claude CarrièreAndrea Camilleri
Bear BabbonBoris RehlingerRoberto Ciufoli
LeonzioThierry HancisseToni Servillo
SalpetreJacky NercessianCorrado Guzzanti
TonioArthur DupontAlberto Boubakar Malanchino

Production

The film is produced by the French company Prima Linea Productions. It is co-produced with Pathé and France 3 Cinéma in France and Indigo Films and Rai Cinema in Italy. It has a budget of eleven million euro.[4] It received financial support from Canal+ and the CNC.[5] It received 375,000 euro from the Ile-de-France region's Support Fund for Film and Audiovisual Technical Industries.[6] The project also won the Gan Foundation's Special Prize for 2016.[5]

The visual style is inspired by Buzzati's illustrations but also independent from the original book. The landscapes are inspired by real Mediterranean landscapes with liberties taken in order to create a fairytale-like atmosphere. Mattotti's ambition was to create a timeless visual style so that people who view the film in the future will not be able to see when it was made.[7]

The film was in production in November 2016. In a November 2016 interview, Mattotti expected it to be released in two or three years.[8]

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 12 reviews.[9] Oneofus.net called the movie an "charming experience" and "refreshingly different" giving the adults a strong recommendation to take children see it.[10]

References
  1. "The Screenings Guide 2019". May 9, 2019. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  2. "In arrivo un cartoon sul racconto di Buzzati 'La famosa Invasione degli Orsi in Sicilia'". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  3. "Quentin Tarantino, Abdellatif Kechiche and Gaspar Noé join Cannes line-up". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. Santini, Gino (2018-06-18). "Mattotti porta al cinema gli orsi di Buzzati. Grazie alla Francia". Bookciak Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  5. Lemercier, Fabien (2016-11-30). "The Nature of Time supported by the Gan Foundation". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  6. Lemercier, Fabien (2016-11-11). "The Ile-de-France region backs Mathieu Amalric's Barbara". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  7. Borg, Max (2018-06-13). "The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily, Mattotti's animation debut". Cinecittà News. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  8. Mezzena Lona, Alessandro (2016-11-16). "'Io, Lorenzo Mattotti disegno in libertà e sogno Dino Buzzati'". Il Piccolo (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  9. "The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (La fameuse invasion des Ours en Sicile) (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  10. https://oneofus.net/2019/07/infestation-annecy-animation-festival-2019-the-bears-famous-invasion-of-sicily/


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