Come to film screening “Minuscule: La vallée des fourmis perdues” (Minuscule: Valley of the lost ants) (France, 2014, 89’) by directors Thomas Szabo and Hélène Giraud.An unbelievable adventure: the great war by a colony of ants who overcomes numerous challenging obstacles to take possession of a sugar box to save their own species!
Adapted from the well-known TV series, the animation combines the magnificent background of mountains and forests with the authentic 3D characters. This no-dialogue movie is widely praised when released in France in 2013. Le Figaro comments: “The script is humorous and gentle”. Le Mondo appreciates the techniques, confirming the movie is the creative result of amazing sound. “Rain, wind and drops of water of the leaves are sometimes captured authentically and impressively”. In “The valley of ants”, a common sugar box left behind by the picnic goers become the treasure. This treasure ignites the war between the two colonies of ants. Red and black ants enter the great war to kill each other. The epic atmosphere among the ant colonies make this story become great!
In a peaceful little clearing, the remains of a picnic hastily abandoned spark warfare between two tribes of ants. A bold young ladybug finds himself caught in the middle of the battle. He befriends one of the black ants, Mandible, and helps him save the anthill from the assault of the terrible red ant warriors, led by the fearful Butor.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles
“Minuscule: La vallée des fourmis perdues” will be screened on Sun 16 Apr 2017, 4 pm
at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi.
