The Little Prince (2015)

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Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.

Film Summary
"The Little Prince" (2015) is an English-language French-Italian 3D animated dream adventure household drama movie directed by Mark Osborne. This film is based on the 1943 novel of the exact same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, with the plot intertwined in between a frame story and the main storyline.

Setting and Characters
The movie presents a little lady (Mackenzie Foy) squeezed into a regimented, structured world by her enthusiastic mother (Rachel McAdams). Their neighbor is an eccentric, old Aviator (Jeff Bridges), who adds surreal color into this black-and-white life with his tales of a young prince living on an asteroid called "B 612".

The Little Prince's Story
As per the Aviator's tales, The Little Prince dwells alone on his small planet, keeping 3 volcanoes and a mystical increased till he comes across a space-faring bird. His occurring experiences, proceeding from the perspective of the kid that still lingers inside the old Aviator, take him to various unusual planets inhabited primarily by metaphorical representations of contemporary the adult years. He describes these grownups as oddly fixated people, such as a king with no subjects or a business person claiming to own the stars.

The Little Girl's Story
The narrative folds backward and forward between the little lady's hyper-structured life and the artfully handcrafted eccentric universe of the Aviator's memories about the Little Prince. The little girl is at first drawn to the story of the Little Prince out of curiosity, but quickly bonds with the Aviator. His captivating storytelling and anarchy in the face of her structured life leads to their not likely friendship.

Revelation and Wrap-up of the Story
When the Aviator falls ill, a distressed mission takes the girl to the utterly CG animated external world where she satisfies the grown-up Prince, now a janitor who has actually forgotten his childhood. This world parallels reality filled with adults obsessively occupied with work and without imagination. The Prince, upon satisfying the woman, slowly starts to recall his real self.

Meanwhile, the lady's mom finds her child's bond with the mentally stopping working Aviator, leading to a remarkable climax. The woman, ultimately, helps the Little Prince reclaim his child-self and go back to his star, indicating the Aviator's death. Nevertheless, the motion picture ends on an enthusiastic note as she returns to her world with a transformed point of view, balancing her obligations with the freedom to dream and imagine.

Animation and Themes
Owing to the distinct characterization, "The Little Prince" combines both stop-motion and computer-generated animation, delivering a visually enchanting experience. It skillfully navigates through complex styles of childhood, their adult years, friendship, love, loss, and memory, representing a profound juxtaposition of accepting childlike wonder and the inevitable arrival of their adult years.

Important Acclaim
"The Little Prince" amassed a lot of appreciation for its fascinating storytelling and captivating animation. It effectively includes the ageless appeal of the original book, presenting nostalgia to the old and knowledge to the young. This heart-wrenching tale underlies a poignant reminder for viewers of any ages about treasuring life's simple delights and the power of seeing things with the heart rather than simply with the eyes.

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