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Egon & Dönci
This delightful animated feature from director Ádám Magyar uses sounds and universal gestures, rather than dialogue, to communicate its characters’ thoughts and ideas. The film introduces us to Egon, a would-be scientist and explorer, and his meddling cat Dönci, who are the sole inhabitants of a distant planet. When an unidentified flying object bearing a message from Earth crashes into their planet, Egon concocts an idea about making contact with our strange blue planet. He starts to work immediately on building a spaceship for intergalactic exploration but is continually thwarted by the inquisitive Dönci. Once they set off across the universe, the ship braves an enormous space storm, during which Dönci takes control of the cockpit and makes an unfortunate detour to icy Pluto. Eventually, the duo manages to reach Earth and they get a lesson in life from the first Earthling they meet. This visually striking tale is the first fully computer-generated animated feature to come out of Hungary. Superbly designed, Egon & Dönci will delight children with its antics and provide adults with some thought-provoking themes of communication and understanding from across the heavens. Recommended for all ages.
Sponsors:
Adobe Youth Voices, Art Institute of Seattle, The Boeing Company
Cast & Crew
Director: Ádám Magyar
Producer: Andrea Gálicza
Editor: Gábor Felföldi, Gergely Gál, Ádám Magyar
Screenwriter: Elemér Magyar
Cinematographer: Dániel Magyar
Music: Gábor Balázs, Zsolt Macsinka, Péter Sohajda
Filmography: Debut Feature Film
US Distributor: Strand Releasing
World Sales: Hungaricom
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Beautiful animation, cute but weird movie, Jun 05, 2009
By Mimi Noyes
“This film might be accessible to children, with its cute animated characters and the fact that even though it is a foreign film there is no dialog that requires translation or subtitles, but it isn’t really kid-comprehensible. I was not the only adult who was more than just a little uncertain of”
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so much more than wall-e!!!, Jun 08, 2009
By denise packer
“this was the most charming of the 23 films i've seen so far in the festival!!! i'm extremely picky about my animation, and this is some of the best i've ever seen. usually the hungarin films disappoint me, but this one completely exceeded my expectations! it's warm, tender, funny and sometimes”
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