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Birdboy: The Forgotten Children

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Spanish: Psiconautas, los niños olvidados; festival title: Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children) is a 2015 Spanish adult animated drama-horror coming-of-age film written and directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, based on the comic Psiconautas by Vázquez. It is the follow-up to the pair's short film Birdboy, following the titular character, a shy outcast in a post-apocalyptic society, and Dinky, a 14-year-old mouse runaway fleeing her desolate island home.[2]

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlberto Vázquez
Pedro Rivero
Written byAlberto Vázquez
Pedro Rivero
Based onPsiconautas
by Alberto Vázquez
Produced byFarruco Castromán
Carlos Júarez
Luis Tosar
CinematographyJose Domingo
Alberto Vázquez
Edited byIván Miñambres
Music byAránzazu Calleja
Victor García
Junna
Production
companies
ZircoZine
Basque Films
Abrakam Estudio
La Competencia Producciones
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
Running time
76 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget€1 million
Box office$54,845[1]

Plot

The island home of the cast of talking animals was once a fishing community with a pristine environment. Birdman, the father of Birdboy, tended the lighthouse that guided the fishing boats. Then a factory was built and many islanders went to work there. But one day, the factory exploded, devastating much of the island and killing all the fish. The destroyed part of the island became a landfill. After the explosion, Birdman began flying around the island mysteriously, carrying a satchel. The police came to believe that he was trafficking drugs, and they eventually shot him dead, but his satchel actually contained strange glowing golden acorns.

The explosion leaves a large crow-like demon trapped inside Birdboy, leading him to live alone. Birdboy controls the demon by using drugs that he buys from Zachariah, a piglet who owns a fishing boat and a parrot, and "happy pills" that a mouse named Dinky steals from her parents. The young mouse in fact becomes very close friends with Birdboy, but he pushes her away because of the demon inside him. The police hunt after Birdboy, thinking that he might be pushing drugs as well, and shoot him in many instances. But each time he's shot, Birdboy retreats to a secret grotto. Thriving with life, the grotto contains a giant tree surrounded by clean water that still has fish. Birdboy has filled the tree with birds; when they die, their souls take the form of bright yellow bugs that can heal Birdboy's wounds. The bugs then retreat to the tree, causing it to grow the golden acorns.

Dinky lives with her mother and stepfather, Christian fundamentalists that routinely excoriate her for her misbehavior. One day, she decides to finally go through with a plan to escape the island. She and her friends Sandra the rabbit and Little Fox have been saving coins to pay for a trip to the city, where they heard Little White Mouse's older brother went and prospered. To get the last amount of money they need, they decide to rob Zachariah's house. Zachariah has also been saving money to escape, but stays to care for his drug addicted mother. Her addiction takes the form of a vicious spider demon that grows to gigantic size whenever Zachariah injects the drugs. The spider catches the children stealing Zachariah's piggy bank, but the kids get away with the bank after a fight that leaves the spider weakened. Finally fed up with the spider, Zachariah crushes it, even though he knows killing the spider will kill his mother. But his mother actually thanks Zachariah for freeing her; trying to comfort her tearful son with her last words.

Dinky, Sandra and Little Fox make their way to the landfill, where they find Little White Mouse's brother still there, scavenging copper for money. The brother leads them to the contraband dealer Uncle Klauss. The kids hope to get a boat on which to leave the island, but they can only afford a large inflatable pool toy duck. Continuing through the landfill, the kids get ambushed by a tribe of scavenger rats known as the Forgotten Children. Zachariah's parrot sees the capture, and flies to Birdboy to warn him that the Forgotten Children plan to execute the kids. Filled with rage, Birdboy allows the demon to take over, turning him into gigantic, fire breathing raptor. In this form, Birdboy decimates the Forgotten Children and destroys their settlement.

Once freed, Dinky searches for Birdboy and finds her scared friend reverted to his normal form. Dinky pleads with Birdboy to come with them, and finally tells him that she loves him. Overjoyed, Birdboy agrees to guide the kids on the inflatable duck from the air. But a storm capsizes the toy duck, and then the police spot Birdboy and shoot him one last time. Zachariah uses his fishing boat to rescue the kids, but he then returns them to their homes. Later on, Zachariah tries to fish again, only to salvage a dying Birdboy from the ocean's bottom. Birdboy's own glowing bug emerges from his dying breath. The bug gathers many other bugs, and they fly to Dinky's room. The bugs lead her to Birdboy's grotto, where she finds the golden acorns that may someday revive the island.

Cast

Character Spanish English
Dinki/Dinky Andrea Alzuri Lauren Weintraub
Sandra Eba Ojanguren Sofia Bryant
Zorrito/Little Fox Josu Cubero Dean Flanagan
Birdman Félix Arkarazo Jake Paque
Falso Padre/False Dad Jorge Carrero Marc Thompson
Madre de Dinki/Dinky's Mother Nuria Marín Janis Carroll
Señor Reloggio/Mr. Reloggio Josu Varela Erik Scott Kimerer
Zacarias/Zacharias Jon Goiri Yuri Lowenthal
Madre Zacarías/Zacharias's Mother Nuria Marín Cindy Robinson
Araña/Spider Maribel Legarreta Cindy Robinson
Loro/Parrot Iker Díaz Wayne Grayson
Hucha/Piggy Bank Juan Carlos Loriz Joseph Whims
Sargento/Sergeant Kepa Cueto Scott Williams
Policía Joven/Young Police Josu Díaz Kyle McCarley

Release

The animation film distribution company GKIDS acquired the North American rights. GKIDS released a theatrical release of the film in its original Spanish and a dubbed English-language version in January 2018.[3][4] The film was released onto DVD and Blu-ray on March 21, 2018.[5]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 94% rating based on 33 reviews with an average rating of 7.50/10. The site's critical consensus is "Birdboy's nihilistic coming-of-age narrative captures innocence lost through surreal, striking animation and caustically optimistic storytelling".[6] The film also holds a 76 rating on Metacritic.[7]

Dennis Harvey of Variety praised the film as "fascinating in its oddball complexity. Among the many vastly more expensive, live-action dystopian visions of recent cinema, you'd be hard-pressed to find anything as original or surprisingly poignant as Psychonauts."[8]

Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com gave the film 3/4 stars and stated that "the movie is grisly and its sense of humor is mordant", but that it "winds up communicating a heartbreak that's pretty straightforward, all things considered".[9]

Robert Adele of the Los Angeles Times said of the film that "as adult animation goes, "Birdboy" is its own weird, wooly, and surprisingly sensitive foray into the grimier corners of life" and that it also "plays like a troubled schoolkid's secret drawings brought to colorful, if unapologetically horrific, life".[10]

IndieWire's Bill Desowitz crowned it "the darkest and most daring hand-drawn animated movie of the year", also adding that "at its most subversive, Birdboy offers up a bleeding Jesus doll and ghoulish attacks of the mind and body".[11]

Megan Peters of comicbook/anime raved that the film "is a surprisingly touching one that deserves to be seen" but added that it "relishes in its surreal violence while asking audiences to watch its heroes discover what autonomy truly is".[12]

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children grossed $13,488 in Spain.[13]

Accolades

The film won Best Animated Feature at the 2016 Goya Awards. Alberto Vázquez scored a historic win by simultaneously receiving the prize for Best Animated Short (Decorado, which was also honored at Cannes).[14]

References

  1. ^ "Birdboy: The Forgotten Children". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. ^ Hopwell, John (May 12, 2017). "Gkids Acquires Spain's 'Birdboy: The Forgotten Children'". Variety. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  3. ^ Wyche, Elbert (May 12, 2017). "GKIDS boards dystopian animation 'Birdboy: The Forgotten Children'". ScreenDaily.com. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  4. ^ "Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Dubbed In English)". Do617.com. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "Birdboy: The Forgotten Children". Amazon.com.
  6. ^ "Birdboy: The Forgotten Children". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "Birdboy: The Forgotten Children". Metacritic. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  8. ^ Harvey, Dennis (August 6, 2016). "Film Review: 'Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children'". Variety. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  9. ^ Kenny, Glenn (December 15, 2017). "Birdboy, The Forgotten Children Review". Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  10. ^ Adele, Robert (December 14, 2017). "Not so cuddly 'Birdboy: The Forgotten Children' offers dark, satiric peek into life's grim corners". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  11. ^ Desovitz, Bill (December 12, 2017). "'Birdboy: The Forgotten Children': Inside the Year's Darkest, Most Daring Hand-Drawn Animated Movie". IndieWire. IndieWire. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  12. ^ Peters, Megan (December 22, 2017). "Review: 'Birdboy: The Forgotten Children' Uses Macabre and the Trappings of Mickey Mouse Reignite a Rebellion". comicbook.com. comicbook.com. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  13. ^ "Birdboy: The Forgotten Children The Numbers Listing". The Numbers. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  14. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (February 6, 2017). "Goya Awards: Alberto Vàzquez Scores Historic Double Win". Animation Magazine. Retrieved May 20, 2017.

External links

  • Official website
  • GKIDS official site
  • Birdboy: The Forgotten Children at IMDb
  • Birdboy: The Forgotten Children at AllMovie
  • Birdboy: The Forgotten Children at Metacritic  
  • Psiconautas, los niños olvidados at Box Office Mojo
  • Birdboy: The Forgotten Children at Rotten Tomatoes

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Birdboy The Forgotten Children Spanish Psiconautas los ninos olvidados festival title Psychonauts the Forgotten Children is a 2015 Spanish adult animated drama horror coming of age film written and directed by Alberto Vazquez and Pedro Rivero based on the comic Psiconautas by Vazquez It is the follow up to the pair s short film Birdboy following the titular character a shy outcast in a post apocalyptic society and Dinky a 14 year old mouse runaway fleeing her desolate island home 2 Birdboy The Forgotten ChildrenTheatrical release posterDirected byAlberto VazquezPedro RiveroWritten byAlberto VazquezPedro RiveroBased onPsiconautasby Alberto VazquezProduced byFarruco CastromanCarlos JuarezLuis TosarCinematographyJose DomingoAlberto VazquezEdited byIvan MinambresMusic byAranzazu CallejaVictor GarciaJunnaProductioncompaniesZircoZineBasque FilmsAbrakam EstudioLa Competencia ProduccionesDistributed byNetflixRelease dateSeptember 24 2015 2015 09 24 San Sebastian Film Festival Running time76 minutesCountrySpainLanguageSpanishBudget 1 millionBox office 54 845 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 4 Reception 4 1 Accolades 5 References 6 External linksPlot EditThe island home of the cast of talking animals was once a fishing community with a pristine environment Birdman the father of Birdboy tended the lighthouse that guided the fishing boats Then a factory was built and many islanders went to work there But one day the factory exploded devastating much of the island and killing all the fish The destroyed part of the island became a landfill After the explosion Birdman began flying around the island mysteriously carrying a satchel The police came to believe that he was trafficking drugs and they eventually shot him dead but his satchel actually contained strange glowing golden acorns The explosion leaves a large crow like demon trapped inside Birdboy leading him to live alone Birdboy controls the demon by using drugs that he buys from Zachariah a piglet who owns a fishing boat and a parrot and happy pills that a mouse named Dinky steals from her parents The young mouse in fact becomes very close friends with Birdboy but he pushes her away because of the demon inside him The police hunt after Birdboy thinking that he might be pushing drugs as well and shoot him in many instances But each time he s shot Birdboy retreats to a secret grotto Thriving with life the grotto contains a giant tree surrounded by clean water that still has fish Birdboy has filled the tree with birds when they die their souls take the form of bright yellow bugs that can heal Birdboy s wounds The bugs then retreat to the tree causing it to grow the golden acorns Dinky lives with her mother and stepfather Christian fundamentalists that routinely excoriate her for her misbehavior One day she decides to finally go through with a plan to escape the island She and her friends Sandra the rabbit and Little Fox have been saving coins to pay for a trip to the city where they heard Little White Mouse s older brother went and prospered To get the last amount of money they need they decide to rob Zachariah s house Zachariah has also been saving money to escape but stays to care for his drug addicted mother Her addiction takes the form of a vicious spider demon that grows to gigantic size whenever Zachariah injects the drugs The spider catches the children stealing Zachariah s piggy bank but the kids get away with the bank after a fight that leaves the spider weakened Finally fed up with the spider Zachariah crushes it even though he knows killing the spider will kill his mother But his mother actually thanks Zachariah for freeing her trying to comfort her tearful son with her last words Dinky Sandra and Little Fox make their way to the landfill where they find Little White Mouse s brother still there scavenging copper for money The brother leads them to the contraband dealer Uncle Klauss The kids hope to get a boat on which to leave the island but they can only afford a large inflatable pool toy duck Continuing through the landfill the kids get ambushed by a tribe of scavenger rats known as the Forgotten Children Zachariah s parrot sees the capture and flies to Birdboy to warn him that the Forgotten Children plan to execute the kids Filled with rage Birdboy allows the demon to take over turning him into gigantic fire breathing raptor In this form Birdboy decimates the Forgotten Children and destroys their settlement Once freed Dinky searches for Birdboy and finds her scared friend reverted to his normal form Dinky pleads with Birdboy to come with them and finally tells him that she loves him Overjoyed Birdboy agrees to guide the kids on the inflatable duck from the air But a storm capsizes the toy duck and then the police spot Birdboy and shoot him one last time Zachariah uses his fishing boat to rescue the kids but he then returns them to their homes Later on Zachariah tries to fish again only to salvage a dying Birdboy from the ocean s bottom Birdboy s own glowing bug emerges from his dying breath The bug gathers many other bugs and they fly to Dinky s room The bugs lead her to Birdboy s grotto where she finds the golden acorns that may someday revive the island Cast EditCharacter Spanish EnglishDinki Dinky Andrea Alzuri Lauren WeintraubSandra Eba Ojanguren Sofia BryantZorrito Little Fox Josu Cubero Dean FlanaganBirdman Felix Arkarazo Jake PaqueFalso Padre False Dad Jorge Carrero Marc ThompsonMadre de Dinki Dinky s Mother Nuria Marin Janis CarrollSenor Reloggio Mr Reloggio Josu Varela Erik Scott KimererZacarias Zacharias Jon Goiri Yuri LowenthalMadre Zacarias Zacharias s Mother Nuria Marin Cindy RobinsonArana Spider Maribel Legarreta Cindy RobinsonLoro Parrot Iker Diaz Wayne GraysonHucha Piggy Bank Juan Carlos Loriz Joseph WhimsSargento Sergeant Kepa Cueto Scott WilliamsPolicia Joven Young Police Josu Diaz Kyle McCarleyRelease EditThe animation film distribution company GKIDS acquired the North American rights GKIDS released a theatrical release of the film in its original Spanish and a dubbed English language version in January 2018 3 4 The film was released onto DVD and Blu ray on March 21 2018 5 Reception EditOn Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 94 rating based on 33 reviews with an average rating of 7 50 10 The site s critical consensus is Birdboy s nihilistic coming of age narrative captures innocence lost through surreal striking animation and caustically optimistic storytelling 6 The film also holds a 76 rating on Metacritic 7 Dennis Harvey of Variety praised the film as fascinating in its oddball complexity Among the many vastly more expensive live action dystopian visions of recent cinema you d be hard pressed to find anything as original or surprisingly poignant as Psychonauts 8 Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert com gave the film 3 4 stars and stated that the movie is grisly and its sense of humor is mordant but that it winds up communicating a heartbreak that s pretty straightforward all things considered 9 Robert Adele of the Los Angeles Times said of the film that as adult animation goes Birdboy is its own weird wooly and surprisingly sensitive foray into the grimier corners of life and that it also plays like a troubled schoolkid s secret drawings brought to colorful if unapologetically horrific life 10 IndieWire s Bill Desowitz crowned it the darkest and most daring hand drawn animated movie of the year also adding that at its most subversive Birdboy offers up a bleeding Jesus doll and ghoulish attacks of the mind and body 11 Megan Peters of comicbook anime raved that the film is a surprisingly touching one that deserves to be seen but added that it relishes in its surreal violence while asking audiences to watch its heroes discover what autonomy truly is 12 Birdboy The Forgotten Children grossed 13 488 in Spain 13 Accolades Edit The film won Best Animated Feature at the 2016 Goya Awards Alberto Vazquez scored a historic win by simultaneously receiving the prize for Best Animated Short Decorado which was also honored at Cannes 14 References Edit Birdboy The Forgotten Children Box Office Mojo Retrieved 26 April 2022 Hopwell John May 12 2017 Gkids Acquires Spain s Birdboy The Forgotten Children Variety Retrieved May 20 2017 Wyche Elbert May 12 2017 GKIDS boards dystopian animation Birdboy The Forgotten Children ScreenDaily com Retrieved May 20 2017 Birdboy The Forgotten Children Dubbed In English Do617 com Retrieved April 26 2022 Birdboy The Forgotten Children Amazon com Birdboy The Forgotten Children Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved December 15 2022 Birdboy The Forgotten Children Metacritic Retrieved December 31 2017 Harvey Dennis August 6 2016 Film Review Psychonauts the Forgotten Children Variety Retrieved May 20 2017 Kenny Glenn December 15 2017 Birdboy The Forgotten Children Review Retrieved December 31 2017 Adele Robert December 14 2017 Not so cuddly Birdboy The Forgotten Children offers dark satiric peek into life s grim corners Los Angeles Times Retrieved December 31 2017 Desovitz Bill December 12 2017 Birdboy The Forgotten Children Inside the Year s Darkest Most Daring Hand Drawn Animated Movie IndieWire IndieWire Retrieved December 31 2017 Peters Megan December 22 2017 Review Birdboy The Forgotten Children Uses Macabre and the Trappings of Mickey Mouse Reignite a Rebellion comicbook com comicbook com Retrieved December 31 2017 Birdboy The Forgotten Children The Numbers Listing The Numbers Retrieved December 21 2017 Milligan Mercedes February 6 2017 Goya Awards Alberto Vazquez Scores Historic Double Win Animation Magazine Retrieved May 20 2017 External links EditOfficial website GKIDS official site Birdboy The Forgotten Children at IMDb Birdboy The Forgotten Children at AllMovie Birdboy The Forgotten Children at Metacritic Psiconautas los ninos olvidados at Box Office Mojo Birdboy The Forgotten Children at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Birdboy The Forgotten Children amp oldid 1138051190, 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