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AFTER YEARS OF WORK AND MANY EXPECTATIONS, the first 3-D animated film is premiering in Havana. The audiovisual project Me\u00f1ique, by Ernesto Padr\u00f3n, will be screened nationwide on July 20, its director told OnCuba. This animated film marks the start of the production of feature-length 3-D films on the island. Me\u00f1ique is an unusual project, involving not only professionals from the national<\/p>\n

Animation Studios but also specialists from the national computer science university, UCI; Spain\u2019s Ministry of Culture and Sports; the Galician Agency for Cultural Industries; and the Ibermedia Program. The modelling, animation and lighting processes were the most complex, according to these experts. \u201cWisdom is greater than force\u201d is the moral of this animated film, alluding to the principal trait of its main character: his astuteness.<\/p>\n

The film, which targets children and adolescents, is a free version of a short story with the same title adapted by Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed in 1889 for the children\u2019s magazine La Edad de Oro (The Golden Age) from the short story Poucinet, written by Edouard Laboulaye (Contesbleus, Par\u00eds, 1864). In a nutshell, the story is about a young peasant, Me\u00f1ique, who is struggling to release his family from poverty.<\/p>\n

His encounter with the Magic Mirror of the Half-Orange, which reveals to him the woman of his dreams, kicks off an adventure. New characters include a magic powder compact, a witch, and a king\u2019s attendant. Another attraction is the princess of the tale; unlike the princess in the short story, the feature film\u2019s character will be a female version of Robin Hood, champion of the poor. It is a story that will make us remember for 80 minutes that films full of vicissitudes, avengers, magic spells and enchanted forests are always welcome.<\/p>\n

The novel thing about this movie\u2014coproduced by the ICAIC (Cuban Film Institute) Animation Studios, the Spanish company Ficci\u00f3n Producciones, Televisi\u00f3n de Galicia and Venezuela\u2019s Villa del Cine\u2014is that it recreates the era in which the story takes place, but with a mixture of Cuban landscapes, colonial architec- tural styles, Cuban and Latin American dress, and local humor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe film that we are premiering is very different from the original idea, but I think that it was for the better. Above all, the film gained in the unity and progression of the story,\u201d Padr\u00f3n, who is also the scriptwriter, told OnCuba in an exclusive interview. The film is available in Galician, Spanish, English and Portuguese, he added. Cuban music lovers, especially those partial to trova, will have a unique opportunity to enjoy brand-new songs by Silvio Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s soundtrack also features music by Spaniard Manuel Riveiro, and the songs were performed by Anabell L\u00f3pez, Miriam Ramos and Ernesto Joel Espinosa. The soundtrack was directed by veteran Edesio Alejandro. Outstanding contributions were made by Cuba\u2019s National Symphonic Orchestra, directed by Enrique P\u00e9rez Mesa; the Exaudi chamber chorus, directed by Mar\u00eda Felicia P\u00e9rez; and tres player Pancho Amat.<\/p>\n

Photo: Alain L. Guti\u00e9rrez<\/strong><\/p>\n

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