Mon ami robot

The Spanish director and screenwriter Berger (Snow white) adapts the graphic novel by Sara Varon in this tender story, as simple as it is profound, which obtained the Oscar nomination for best animated film. It follows the adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in New York City during the 1980s. Dog lives in Manhattan and he's tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship and mutual affection blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80's NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness is separated to Robot, due to life circumstances, they are forced to live without each other. Will they ever meet again?. "Beautiful, Unexpected, and Tender" (Guillermo del Toro).

It is a beautiful story of friendship, companionship, fidelity and 80s nostalgia; being developed with fine sensitivity, tenderness and love. It tells the story of a strange friendship that arises between a lonely dog who spends his days in front of the television and the robot he buys to keep him company until Dog is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. As there is no dialogue in the movie, voice actors are credited but not associated with a determined character, adding catching songs and agreeable musical score from Alfonso de Villalonga. The roles don't speak, just make sounds; however, it is known that voice director Pablo Berger and actor Ivan Labanda voices both Dog and Robot. The music and songs are the following: ¨A Bailar El Son¨ performed by Canelita Molina; ¨I Hate Hate¨performed by Reagan Youth, ¨Bucket drums¨ by John Bryant; ¨Breakdown¨ written by Clarence Keaton, Kevin Keaton; ¨Concert mandolina en C mayor¨ composed by Antonio Vivaldi; ¨(It's A) Monster Holiday¨ written and performed by Buck Owens; ¨Mister Softee Jingle¨ written by Les Waas; ¨Danny Boy¨performed by Ayna Ziordia; ¨Eternal Love¨ written & performed by Imade Saputra; ¨Beloved Secrets¨; ¨Bamboo Wok Solo¨; ¨Hip Hug Her¨; ¨Happy; ¨Let's go; ¨Apres Sky; ¨Easy money¨; ¨Oh Yes Baby I Love You So¨; ¨September¨; ¨You sweet love¨; ¨The New Explorers¨, among others.

The motion picture was well written/produced and compellingly directed by Pablo Berger, a pretty good Spanish movies director. Being winner of the Goya for best adapted script, and for best animated film, the Contrechamp grand prize in Annecy and the audience prize in Sitges, among many other awards. Here Berger delivers a very worthy work in which he demonstrates how with simple jobs can make a decent film. Director Pablo Berger developed the project for some years before being able to shoot it. Pablo is a well recognized filmmaker both nationally and internationally , and in proof of it he won many prizes in several Cinema Festivals, his feature debut was ¨Torremolinos 73¨ and following the excellent ¨Snow White¨ or ¨Blancanieves¨ and ¨Abracadabra¨. Rating ¨Robot Dreams¨(2023) : 7.5/10 . Above average.