Boy and the World

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Boy and the World

PG

Released Dec 11, 2015

1h 20m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Animation

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A boy without a father leaves his village and explores a strange world.

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Boy and the World's distinctive animation is visually thrilling -- and it's backed up with a daring, refreshingly different storyline that should enthrall younger viewers while resonating deeply with adults.

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Tirdad Derakhshani

Philadelphia Inquirer

Abreu's visionary movie is a restless and dynamic creature that is forever reconstituting itself into complex visual and musical landscapes.

Rated: 3.5/4

Feb 26, 2016

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Chris Nashawaty

Entertainment Weekly

Although the film is a bit abstract and largely free of dialogue (what little speaking there is is a whispered babble of tongues), it has a universal simplicity-we're seeing life through the wide, innocent eyes of a naif.

Rated: B+

Feb 25, 2016

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Soren Andersen

Seattle Times

Abreu handcrafted his images, and the imagination from which those images spring is astonishingly fertile.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 11, 2016

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Leo Brady

AMovieGuy.com

Boy and the World ventures into an animated abyss and what I pleasantly found, is a joyous journey worthy of experiencing.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 31, 2021

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Michael J. Casey

Boulder Weekly

It wears its politics on its sleeve, and that's probably where they belong.

Jul 2, 2019

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Deborah Cornelious

The Hindu

The Boy and the World is melancholic with a no-frills story but its exuberant execution leaves a long lasting mark on its audience.

Feb 15, 2019

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theartistphilip

Great animation style with a story that tells so much with little to no words.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/26/22

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Audience Member

Beautiful movie and simple simple animation. -Alex Brockovich (Mundo Cine LA)

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

The colors, the background, the characters and the music were reflecting the people and the government of Brazil. Some problems like poverty, corruption and destruction of the country continued to this day. I hope that everyone understand the message about what happened.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

Perfectly minimalistic on animation and big on story

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Creatively illustrated, strikingly beautiful. I really enjoyed the film and am compelled to learn more of the Brazilian industrial revolution and the revolution(s) of its peoples.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

This remarkable film creates its own unique place in the history of the architecture of animation. Ecstatic with colours, it is equally inventive, with a veritable trove of ideas pouring over your senses throughout. Endlessly creative, Boy and the World is similar to Tomm Moore's The Secret of Kells in its clever combination of simply drawn characters as seen in the living (people/creatures) and ornate geometrical patterns of the world. While much of the film has a somber, restless tone to it, the creativity, orgiastic colors and depictions of the natural and mechanical worlds, plus the hope of the boy reuniting his family, keep the mood from going too dark or sad. This is a sweet story within a most impressive work of filmmaking. 4 stars and 2 thumbs way up.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Alê Abreu

Director

Vinicius Garcia

Menino

Felipe Zilse

Jovem e Vozes Adicionais

Alê Abreu

Velho

Lu Horta

Mãe

Marco Aurélio Campos

Pai

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Synopsis

A boy without a father leaves his village and explores a strange world.

Director: Alê Abreu
Producer: Fernanda Carvalho, Tita Tessler
Distributor: GKIDS
Production Co: Filme de Papel
Rating: PG (Thematic Material and Images)
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 11, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $47.6K
Runtime: 1h 20m

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