The Wild Swans
The narration of Sigourney Weaver, the music of Jason Miles and an animated format bring to life this classic fairy tale.
The narration of Sigourney Weaver, the music of Jason Miles and an animated format bring to life this classic fairy tale.
Il était une fois un roi, veuf depuis peu. Lors d'une chasse au cerf, le roi se perd dans la forêt. C'est alors qu'il rencontre une vieille sorcière qui le convainc d'épouser sa fille. Cependant, la nouvelle reine ne supporte pas le temps que consacre le roi à ses enfants, 6 garçons et 1 fille, nés de la première reine. Ils vivent dans la Forêt du Bonheur, un endroit où la vie est douce, un lieu secret aux confins du royaume. La reine décide donc de se débarrasser d'eux. Elle découvre le lieu secret grâce à une pelote de laine magique qui lui indique le chemin, et là, jette un sort aux enfants pour les transformer en cygnes. Seule Elisa parvient à s'échapper. La malédiction veut que chaque fois que le crépuscule tombe, les princes reprennent leur forme humaine. Puis à l'aube, ils redeviennent des cygnes. Pour rompre le charme, Elisa doit tricoter 6 pulls de laine d'orties en restant muette pendant 6 ans ! Si un mot ou un cri s'échappe de ses lèvres, ses frères mourront sur le champ....
Elise, a princess, lives happily together with her eleven brothers. When her father, the king, marries again, he banishes Elisa. Hereafter his new wife turns Elise's eleven brothers into swans. But fortunately Elise finds her brothers, who are swans during daylight and human beings at night time. In a dream, the fairy Fatamorgana tells the story of the unhappy princess and how she rescues her brothers, the eleven princes..
Princess Elisa tries to rescue her brothers in this freshly animated version of the fairy tale by beloved children's author Hans Christian Andersen. After Elisa's father remarries, the new queen turns her 11 stepsons into swans and expels the princess from the castle. When Elisa is old enough, she sets out on a dangerous quest to save her siblings and break the queen's evil spell. Other stories include "The Beetle" and "The Tinderbox.".
Once upon a time, a King had eleven sons and one daughter. When his wife, the Queen, died, the King remarried. The new wife and the children's stepmother looks beautiful on the outside, but actually she's an evil witch. She sends the young princess Eliise to live in the village as an ordinary peasant girl and turns all the princes into wild swans. The princes are stuck being swans all day long and only at night can they regain their true form. When Eliise is 15 years old, she learns about the fate of her brothers and now she must overcome the obstacles put in her way by her stepmother in order to release her brothers from the spell..
Quand une sorcière transforme ses frères en cygnes, une jeune princesse décide de les retrouver pour leur rendre leur apparence humaine....
A woman scholar goes to a rural community to do research; a widow struggles to survive without her husband; a mother tries to protect her spirited teenage daughter. Set in a small village on the India/Bhutan border, this Boro-language film tells the story of a group of women who live alongside each other, who know each other’s business, who are sometimes in conflict and sometimes get along, but who always support each other when one of them is threatened. Wild Swans records the rhythms, intimacies, and routines of village life, and beautifully captures the lush Assam landscape. This is a story of a community of women who have learned to survive and thrive on their own, within the confines of traditional roles and overarching patriarchy. Written and directed by Rajni Basumatary, Wild Swans is warm and touching, featuring a glimpse into a culture rarely seen in cinema..