
Anina Yatay Salas is a ten-year-old girl who does not like her name. Each part is a palindrome, which means it reads the same both forwards and backwards. Her schoolmates are always teasing her about this, especially Anina's arch-enemy Yisel, who Anina sees as an "elephant". One day, Anina and Yisel get into a playground skirmish, so the school principal disciplines them with a weird punishment: they are both given a sealed black envelope which they are not allowed to open fo... (Full plot summary below)
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Anina Yatay Salas is a ten-year-old girl who does not like her name. Each part is a palindrome, which means it reads the same both forwards and backwards. Her schoolmates are always teasing her about this, especially Anina's arch-enemy Yisel, who Anina sees as an "elephant". One day, Anina and Yisel get into a playground skirmish, so the school principal disciplines them with a weird punishment: they are both given a sealed black envelope which they are not allowed to open for an entire week. Haunted by nightmares and day-dreams, Anina in her anxiousness to find out what horrible punishment awaits her, will get mixed up in a series of adventures, involving secret loves, close friendships and dreadful enemies. Without her realizing it, Anina's efforts to understand the content of the envelope turns into a journey to understand the world and her place in it.
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| User ReviewRussell TJust lovely! Lovely story, lovely imagery... just lovely. |
| User ReviewAndres VAnina es la película que hubiera soñado recordar como mi primera película. No fue la primera obviamente, pero me gusta pensar que si, que la vi con la misma sorpresa del primer enamoramiento con el cine. Ahora estoy seguro que será la primera que le mostraré a mis hijos. Una hermosa e inocente aventura. |
| User ReviewKevin MUno de los pocos y buenos ejemplos del cine animado latinoamericano.Para matar 75 minutos de tu vida en forma gentil e indolora |
| User ReviewMag MWe make mistakes, but we learn something out of it, that's what school is for to teach us. A little sweet animation from South America. The official entry from Uruguay for the best foreign language film at the 2014 Oscars, but did not make into the final. This is the story of a little school girl, Anina, followed by a fight she has got into, as a punishment she and the other girl gets each a sealed letter from the school principal to safeguard until the further notice. Through those days what she learns and how it comes to end leads to the final segment of the story. Well intended story, but a bit lacks the cheerfulness. I mean in some parts it falls short in development and keeps it dull mood. Especially in the early mid parts, but later on till the conclusion, it's got a better. Visually, its stunning on its own way, surely an impressive animation, but overall film was short as 80 minutes. Adapted from a children's novel and beautifully made. For me, I think they should have been a bit careful. There's nothing problem in the story, sketches or in the pace, but the overall flow was not sparkling enough like those Hollywood counterparts. Other than those tiny stumbles, this is a fine animation, especially being a non North America, Europe and Japan product. Not a must see, but I don't find any strong reason to skip it, particularly for the animation fans. 6.5/10 |
| User ReviewCameron HA story of empathizing with others told with childlike imagination, which lends shapeshifting animation styles and amusing, sometimes expansive transmogrifications of everyday scenery. That same childlike imagination also lends some shallow themes, despite some delightful relationships among the likable characters. The old ways of teaching and raising children are simply scoffed, without any attempt to discern value from them, in favour of letting the kids roam rampant and learn on their own. Very weak. On top of that, while I had some fun in watching this as an adult, I could see my inner child finding this movie rather dull. I would have trouble appreciating the purposely dreary depiction of the real world, as well as the exaggerated horrors of a future reality. Alfredo Soderguit is on his way towards artistic maturity, but he will need a completely different screenplay before he reaches it. |