Mavka: The Forest Song 2023
Release Date | 28-Jul-23(United Kingdom) |
Language | Ukrainian |
Genre | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy |
Director | Oleh malamuzh, Oleksandra Ruban |
Countries of origin | United states, Ukraine |
Writer | Jeffrey Hylton, Lesya ukrainka, Yaroslav Voytseshek |
Cinematography | Tomasz Naumiuk |
Music Director | Maksym Berezhnyak, Dakhabrakha, dario Vero |
Production | Animagrad Animation Studio, Ukrainian State film agency |
Duration | 1hr 39min |
Cast | Nataliya Deniseko, Laurie Hymes, Eddy Lee, Artem Pivovarov, Elena Kravets, sarah natochenny, Serhiy prytul, Tom wayland, marc thopson, nazar zadneprovskiy, Oleh mykhailyuta, Scottie ray, Yuliya sanina, Oleg skripka, Nataliya sumskaya, Nikki thomas |
About Mavka: The Forest Song 2023
Mawka, the soul of the forest, faces an impossible choice between love and his duty as custodian of the heart of the forest when he falls in love with a human the talented young musician lukash. Our story is about the magical power of love. The kind of love that allow human nature to find inner magic and reveals abilities and qualities that allow a person to reach beyond the possible and servive against evil and human vices.
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Movies Review
This Ukrainian play features a bricolage of tropes from many children's stories; Most of these are based on other films but there are strong historical narratives in there as well. The forest warrior sprite Mavka (voiced by Laurie Hymes in English) is a magical creature with green hair, big doe eyes and magical healing skills, who lives in a part of the forest where people don't go, thanks to the ancient agreement between them and the spirits of the forest. But rich Kalina wants to find an elixir from a magic tree in the forest that prevents her from aging, so she sends a young musician named Lucas into the forest to find it - and soon he makes friends / he love him. Mavka.
Very much based on Lesya Ukrainka's 1911 play The Forest Song, all this is very much in the tradition of Rapunzel through Disney's Tangled, with a big dash of Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, while the side animals - such as the cat-frog Swampy . and a mobile/talking tree spirit named Frol - are similar to the abominations created from the Island of Doctor Moreau.
Squint so much, you can hardly make an example there about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Kalina representing the Russian aggressors who just want to take the forest for its resources. The inhabitants of the region, unlike in such films, are very much considered as being from a particular country, what with the traditional Ukrainian red and white clothes and the tendency to get into the throat when the mood takes them. Squint so much, you can hardly make an example there about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Kalina representing the Russian aggressors who just want to take the forest for its resources. The inhabitants of the region, unlike in such films, are very much considered as being from a particular country, what with the traditional Ukrainian red and white clothes and the tendency to get into the throat when the mood takes them.
In the end, Mavka had to be able to tap into her anger—a physical flash, literally—and that anger she ignited gave her the strength to balance her attackers' power. OK, so the spark isn't shaped like a cluster bomb or an M1 Abrams battle tank, but the balance between Mavka and the Zelenskiy government, finding internal resistance with help from outside agents, is on the table, waiting to be parsed.
The color palette is eye-catching and viewers over the age of eight can pick up this simple weapon in their heads. However, the character animations and movements are thoughtful and well done. Most importantly, the music is great, especially Ukrainian songs - because who doesn't like a little throat singing?
The forest warrior sprite Mavka (voiced by Laurie Hymes in English) is a magical creature with green hair, big doe eyes and magical healing skills, who lives in a part of the forest where people don't go, thanks to the ancient agreement between them and the spirits of the forest. But rich Kalina wants to find an elixir from a magic tree in the forest that prevents her from aging, so she sends a young musician named Lucas into the forest to find it - and soon he makes friends / he love him. Mavka.
Very much based on Lesya Ukrainka's 1911 play The Forest Song, all this is very much in the tradition of Rapunzel through Disney's Tangled, with a big dash of Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, while the side animals - such as the cat-frog Swampy . and a mobile/talking tree spirit named Frol - are similar to the abominations created from the Island of Doctor Moreau.
Squint so much, you can hardly make an example there about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Kalina representing the Russian aggressors who just want to take the forest for its resources. The inhabitants of the region, unlike in such films, are very much considered as being from a particular country, what with the traditional Ukrainian red and white clothes and the tendency to get into the throat when the mood takes them.
In the end, Mavka had to be able to tap into her anger—a physical flash, literally—and that anger she ignited gave her the strength to balance her attackers' power. OK, so the spark isn't shaped like a cluster bomb or an M1 Abrams battle tank, but the balance between Mavka and the Zelenskiy government, finding internal resistance with help from outside agents, is on the table, waiting to be parsed.
The color palette is eye-catching and viewers over the age of eight can pick up this simple weapon in their heads. However, the character animations and movements are thoughtful and well done. Most importantly, the music is great, especially Ukrainian songs - because who doesn't like a little throat singing?
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