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Savva

Play trailer Poster for Savva 2015 1h 25m Kids & Family Adventure Fantasy Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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Trying to help his village break free from vicious hyenas, a young boy finds himself in a magical world. He meets new friends who join him on a quest to see a magician who might help Savva's village.

Critics Reviews

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Ed Potton The Times (UK) 04/01/2016
2/5
Unfortunately, the psychedelic imagination that director Maksim Fadeev brings to the minor characters in this kids' cartoon from Russia is not matched by the animation, which is clunky to put it kindly. Go to Full Review
Leslie Felperin Guardian 04/01/2016
2/5
[A] NutriBullet puree of myths, fairytales and cultural appropriation ... Go to Full Review
Tom Bond Total Film 01/02/2017
3/5
Shame that the plot bogs down in some baffling mythology - but when the parts do click the result is perfectly passable. Go to Full Review
Renee Schonfeld Common Sense Media 04/05/2016
2/5
Boy's animated odyssey has lots of action, suspense, scares. Go to Full Review
Allan Hunter Daily Express (UK) 04/03/2016
2/5
A feeble carbon copy of the films America and Britain do so much better. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Cindy H 07/24/2022 its good, not great. a young boy goes on a quest to find protection for his family. i think the main thing i didn't like about the movie was some of the character models are so ugly. but besides stylistic choices the animation itself isn't that bad. its not pixar quality or anything but it could be a lot worse. See more 09/16/2018 slightly left field, and a bit differnent. See more 02/26/2018 I thought it was great! Something different and i found it funny. It was a nice kids movie and good humour for adults to watch as well. See more 02/19/2017 not to waste your time watching it See more 09/08/2016 Although the graphics are a bit rudimentary to say the least, The actual story and lessons that are trying to be brought over, are very beautiful and very fresh. which because of this, sets it apart from modern day animation in recent years. in recent films you will always know what you're getting, the hero will be brave, the bad guy will mock, the damsel in distress will be waiting for her rescuer, there will be a big fight the hero will overcome the villan and they all live happily ever after. Yet in this one it is trying to delve into the relationship between the characters such as Savva and angee. Also the fact that they were trying to inform the viewer of how to be aware of certain sins that appear most often in every day life, such as pride greed, ignorance and vanity. The pride of course referring to the White wolves that were transformed because of it.and of course Fafi who is also transformed because of his pride and vanity and how he must humble himself to agreeing with a mosquito for part of the curse to be lifted so you they may part ways. And the other example of course referring to the ape Queen which had been given three heads of split personality, greed, ignorance and vanity. So all in all no I would not say this is the bad film in fact it is a refreshing and beautiful film. See more 09/03/2016 Lower budget animated fantasy film, and it shows, not just in its pixels, but it's not that interesting a story either. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Trying to help his village break free from vicious hyenas, a young boy finds himself in a magical world. He meets new friends who join him on a quest to see a magician who might help Savva's village.
Director
Maksim Fadeev
Producer
Aleksandr Chistyakov
Screenwriter
Maksim Fadeev, Gregory Poirier, Aleksandr Chistyakov
Production Co
Art Pictures Studio, Movie Trailer House, Glukoza Production
Genre
Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language
Russian
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 28, 2017
Runtime
1h 25m