The Old Man and the Sea (1999)

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The Old Man and the Sea

ORIGINAL TITLE

The Old Man and the Sea (Roujin to umi)

YEAR

1999

RUNNING TIME

22 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Aleksandr Petrov

SCREENWRITER

Aleksandr Petrov (Novel: Ernest Hemingway)

COMPOSER

Denis L. Chartrand, Normand Roger

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Animation

CAST

Animation

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Co-production Russia-Canada-Japan; Ogden Entertainment

AWARDS

1999: Oscar Awards: Best Animated Short Film
1999: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Short Film
2000: Annecy: Grand Prix
2000: Genie Awards: Nominated for Best Short Film

GENRE

Animation. Adventure. Drama | Fishing. Sea Adventures. Old Age. Half-length film

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

The Old Man and the Sea is a 1999 paint-on-glass-animated short film directed by Aleksandr Petrov, based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. The film won many awards, including the Academy Award for Animated Short Film. Work on the film took place in Montreal over a period of two and a half years and was funded by an assortment of Canadian, Russian and Japanese companies. French and English-language soundtracks to the film were released concurrently. It was the first animated film to be released in IMAX.

The film follows the plot of the original novel, but at times emphasizes different points.

It opens with the dream sequence of an old man named Santiago, who dreams about his childhood on the masts of a ship and lions on the shores. When he wakes up, we find out that he has gone 84 days without catching any fish at all. He is apparently so unlucky that his young apprentice, Manolin, has been forbidden by his parents to sail with the old man and been ordered to fish with more successful fishermen. Still dedicated to the old man, however, the boy visits Santiago's shack in the morning. The next day, before sunrise, Santiago and Manolin make their way to the seashore. Santiago says that he will venture far out into the Gulf to fish. Manolin wants to come, but Santiago insists on going alone.

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"A must "Sea"... Extraordinary (...) Rating: ***1/2 (over 4)" (New York Post)
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