gretchengund

Just about the cutest film I've ever seen. Extremely well done. Saw it in an audience of children and adults at the Mill Valley Film Festival, and everyone enjoyed it immensely. Very European in feeling, totally unlike anything that would be made in the U.S. Would love to see more of this Latvian claymation work; it appears to come out of a long history of puppetry. Found the English dialogue to be perfectly satisfactory. And the jerkiness of the claymation was part of the charm of the film. Great sense of humor in this version--the faces, the sheep, the dogs, etc. There is supposed to be a video on the Internet showing the making of this film, but have been unable to find it. (It was in that search that I came across this site.)