2013 · animation · fantasy · family
The Golden Horse
Directed by Reinis Kalnaellis1h 15m2013
An ancient Latvian folk tale is the basis for this colorful animated feature in the tradition of Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. A vengeful sorceress casts a kingdom’s princess into a deep sleep at the top of an icy mountain, where she awaits release from the spell that will destroy the land. Of all the men vying for the honor, the shy outcast son of a family of thugs is the most unlikely. Director Kalnaellis brings a playful sense of humor to the characterizations and adds zippy contemporary elements including a chorus of wisecracking crows. (Gene Siskel Film Center)
Our read: The Golden Horse (2013) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive animation · fantasy · family entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, measured animation / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- redemptive
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