LONG WAY NORTH (Tout en haut du monde)(France/Denmark 2015) ****
Directed by Remi Chaye
Starring: Christa Théret, Féodor Atkine, Antony Hickling
Review by Gilbert Seah
LONG WAY NORTH is a French (screened in Toronto in the English dubbed version) 2D animated feature from screenwriters Patricia Valeix and Claire Paoletti and director Rémi Chayé (THE SECRET OF KELLS).
For what LONG WAY NORTH lacks in modern animation – it cannot be compared to the lush expensive modern animation of Pixar and Disney Studios – it more than compensates in story and charm. The proof is in its win of the Audience Award at the 2015 International Annecy Animation Festival where it premiered.
The film’s setting is 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia centring on an aristocratic family. Sasha, a young Russian aristocrat, has always been fascinated by her grandfather’s life as an adventurer. A renowned explorer, he designed a magnificent Arctic ship…
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