Canada Vignettes: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary (1978)
Género : Animación
Tiempo de ejecución : 5M
Director : Eva Szasz
Sinopsis
There's a "silver lining in every cloud" as Donald O'Neary turns every misfortune his two neighbours can engineer into gold coins. Against the background of the Irish countryside, the customary "rich but dumb" characters meet their match in the "poor but crafty" hero. The story introduces the student to our rich multicultural background through the exploration of folklore of one of the peoples that make up Canada's cultural mosaic.
Depp interpreta a Benjamin Barker, un hombre encarcelado 15 años injustamente en el otro lado del mundo, que escapa y vuelve a Londres con la promesa de vengarse, junto a Helena Bonham Carter como su obsesiva y devota cómplice, la Sra. Nellie Lovett. Adoptando el disfraz de Sweeney Todd, Barker regresa a su antigua barbería encima del local de empanadas de carne de la Sra. Lovett, y fija sus miras en el juez Turpin (Alan Rickman) que, con la ayuda de su vil secuaz Beadle Bamford (Timothy Spall), le mandaron lejos con una acusación falsa y así poder robarle a su esposa, Lucy (Laura Michelle Kelly), y a su hija bebé.
País Vasco, España, 1843. Un agente de policía llega a un pequeño pueblo de Álava para investigar a un misterioso herrero que vive solo en lo más profundo del bosque.
Kishanlal marries the beautiful Lachchi, but the day after the wedding, he leaves on business for five years. When Kishanlal reappears only a few days later, Lachchi is delighted, but this new Kishanlal is in fact a spirit who has taken the form of Lachchi's husband, after having seen her by chance and fallen in love with her. Four years later, the real Kishanlal returns and the townsfolk must determine who is who.
Based on a well-known Chinese myth, the film reimagines the classic tale of Chang-Eh, Goddess of the Moon and Hou Yi, the heroic archer who shot down 9 of 10 suns that were scorching the Earth.
Cuento de amor y traición en el que una Reina y su hijo, son desterrados a una lejana isla por la traición de unos malvados familiares. En la isla, Gvidon mata a un águila que atacaba a un bellos cisne, descubriendo entonces, que el águila encerraba a un malvado mago y el cisne a una bella princesa. Llena de gratitud por su valiente acción, la princesa otorga al chico todos sus deseos, mientras le enseña le verdadero significado del amor y le ayuda a regresar junto a su amado padre, el Zar Saltán.
Narra una leyenda atemporal acerca desventurados amantes y se desarrolla en dos mundos paralelos coexistentes, uno basado en el mundo tal como lo conocemos hoy en día, en la realidad, y el otro mundo fantástico basado en la mitología. Cómo los dos amantes luchan contra las fuerzas que tratan de mantenerlos separados en los dos avatares, determinan que ni un solo instante del amor verdadero, es digno de toda una vida.
Young prince meets a talking frog who turns out to be a beautiful but cursed princess. To remove the curse, he must go on a quest to find and outsmart the forest witch Baba Yaga.
Based on the traditional story of a girl who makes her blind father see by donating 300 bags of rice to Bongwon Temple.
How Death Came to Earth is a 14 minute cutout animation film by Ishu Patel produced in 1971 by the National Film Board of Canada. The film deals with an Indian myth of creation, and is notable for its trippy visual style.
Tang Bohu is smitten by the stunning beauty of Qiuxiang, the maid of Grand Tutor Hua, during his visit to a monastery in Suzhou. Stalking the maid, Tang's affections are finally reciprocated with three charming smiles. To approach the fair maid, Tang seeks work in the Grand Tutor residence as a study companion, and his talents win Hua's attention. As a frustrated suitor, he turns to his resourceful friend Zhu Zhishan for help.
The story takes place in modern-day eastern Serbia, still fertile ground for various forms of superstition and prejudice. Zorica is a village girl who carries a curse. Ever since her first boyriend mysteriously drowned in the river, men around her are dying in most bizarre ways. The plot thickens when stubborn policeman Maane who doesn't believe in 'village tales' tries to investigate whether Zorica is a serial killer or a girl looking for love.
The 25 minute film tells the tale of an ailing elderly woman named Itako who encounters a fox named Okon. The story opens with Itako lying bedridden, as she has for a long time. Okon enters her home and Itako tells the fox that he is welcome to take anything that he wants, for she has no use for anything anymore. Okon is delighted and in order to return the favour (the act of ongaeshi), Okon performs a magic jyōruri (a ballad with shamisen accompaniment) that heals Itako so that she is fit enough to walk again. Everyone is surprised by Itako's sudden recovery. She then hears of a hunter who has been badly injured and is near death. Itako hides Okon in the back of her shirt and has the fox sing the song while she plays shamisen in order to heal the man. This act of kindness is repeated for others until Itako's good fortune leads some to be suspicious of her.
Ghost story based on a legendary Thai folk tale.
Tom Davenport's realistic adaptation of an old Appalachian story. With nothing more than her plucky spirit and her pocket knife, a mountain girl outwits a witch and an ogre to save herself and her sisters. Part of the PBS series "Fromt he Brothers Grimm." Winner Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Ages 10 and above.
Firefly Marsh is a fog-enshrouded corner of the world, steeped in mystery. Stories of what lurks in the dark waters date back to Indian lore. But could Firefly Marsh really hide a prehistoric creature like the one in Loch Ness? Twelve year-old Charlie Curtis and his friend Jim may have found the answer after "something" swamps their dingy in the marsh. Was it the monster? For Charlie, that night sparks a personal odyssey that will take over half a century to finish. The memory of what he saw becomes his obsession, his lifelong passion. When Charlie's grandson, Kevin, comes to visit for the summer, he becomes caught up in his grandfather's stories. Are Charlie's stories just to entertain the local children or is there some truth to the old man's tale? Soon the curious teenager begins his own adventure, a quest to solve the mystery behind The Legend of Firefly Marsh. - Written by Gabe Torres
Short animated version of the Chinese folktale, Nüwa Mends the Heavens
The breeze we feel everywhere is an ancient drunk man destroying everything as he goes by, until he was turned into the wind.
Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.
