Retrospettiva Michel Ocelot
Monday, August 18
San Benedetto Complex (Lemon Garden)
Starts at 10:00 PM | Ticket €3
Kirikou and the Sorceress Karaba by Michel Ocelot (1998, France/Luxembourg/Belgium, 71′, Italian dubbed version)
Little Kirikou is born in an African village that has long lived in terror. The evil witch Karaba has devoured all the men, demands gold and jewels from the women, and has dried up the water source, making work and daily life difficult. Even though he is a newborn, Kirikou declares that this spell must end. Thus begins his journey to challenge the witch and the secret of her wickedness.
Director Michel Ocelot will be present.
Tuesday, August 19
San Benedetto Complex (Lemon Garden)
Starts at 10:00 PM | Ticket €3
Princes and Princesses by Michel Ocelot (2000, France. 63′, Italian dubbed version)
A refined and evocative animated fairy tale inspired by the technique of shadow puppetry. Costumes, drawings, the magic of distant lands, and two imaginative children who, in six different stories, travel through time and space: from Ancient Egypt to the Middle Ages, from Japanese art to the most classic of fairy tales (the princess’s kiss to the toad), turned upside down in a comically absurd situation.
Wednesday, August 20
San Benedetto Complex (Lemon Garden)
Starts at 10:00 PM | Ticket €3
Azur and Asmar by Michel Ocelot (2006, France/Spain/Italy/Belgium, 94′, Italian dubbed version)
Ocelot takes us back to his exotic worlds through the story of two children raised as brothers, one the son of a nobleman and the other of a wet nurse. As always in his films, the story is based on the ideals of hope and dialogue, against all discrimination and misunderstanding. A splendid tale of multiculturalism and the peaceful coexistence of peoples.
Director Michel Ocelot in the theater
Thursday, August 21
Complesso di San Benedetto (Giardino dei Limoni)
Starts at 10:00 PM | Tickets €3
Dililì in Paris by Michel Ocelot (2018, France/Germany/Belgium, 95 minutes, Italian dubbed version)
In Belle Époque Paris, Dilili, a young girl from New Caledonia, and the young delivery boy Orel investigate the mysterious kidnapping of several young girls. The improvised detective duo finds support in some of the great figures of an extraordinary era, from Proust to Matisse, from Marie Curie to Louis Pasteur. A joyful animated fairy tale that explores the roots of colonial racism and violence against women. “A feast for the eyes is guaranteed, especially since Ocelot’s taste oscillates between Art Nouveau and Art Deco, but with clear influences from painters such as Rousseau and Ligabue.
On this pictorial framework of rare refinement, Ocelot grafts a moral parable with powerful cultural and even political implications.” (Gianni Canova)
Director Michel Ocelot in the room
Friday, August 22
San Benedetto Complex (Lemon Garden)
Starts at 10:30 PM | Ticket €3
The Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess (France/Belgium, 2022, 83 minutes, Italian dubbed version)
An epic set in ancient Egypt, a medieval legend from Auvergne, a 18th-century oriental fantasy, complete with Ottoman costumes and Turkish palaces, transporting you to contrasting dreams populated by splendid deities, hideous tyrants, cheerful executioners, princes and princesses who do whatever they want, all in a kaleidoscope of color!
Director Michel Ocelot will be present.
