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Mune – that’s the protagonist’s name in this animated feature – is a faun. He is young and a little clumsy, but extremely loveable. His father gets on his nerves sometimes because he simply has too many bees in his bonnet and something always goes wrong whenever he’s around. At present, all the forest creatures are astir, because the Guardians of the Moon and Sun are about to be chosen. The current guardians have grown old and wise. Thus, the time has come for them to hand over their duties to the younger generation. Nevertheless, the suspense is less than it ought to be for such a ceremony, because it is already obvious who will be chosen. Even so, the two new guardians are standing worthily by, ready and waiting. An oracle designates the successors: as expected, Sohone is named the new Sun Guardian. But the oracle seems to have made a mistake with the Guardian of the Moon: he names Mune, the little faun rascal. Much to everyone’s surprise, the oracle insists, so Mune has no choice but to accept the task, even though the Sun Guardian does not take him seriously at all. But when the sun is stolen, he suddenly needs Mune’s help, as well as Glim’s, a wax child in constant danger of melting. Filmmakers Alexandre Heboyan and Benoit Philoppon succeeded in making an enchanting film. Due to their specific use of animation, all figures and landscapes, even the features of the protagonists could not have been depicted with anything but. Originating from the filmmakers’ fantasy, they barely resemble our physical reality. Heboyan was involved in the production of “Kungfu Panda” and has now realised his own feature as an independent filmmaker. Philipon worked for a considerable number of major studio productions as a visual effects specialist (including “Minions”, “Despicable Me”, etc.) – and co-directs for the first time with the film “Mune”. (as)
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