Written and directed by ghost directors Thomas Shobo and Helene Giro, the sequel to Insect Story 2 – A Reinforcement from Afar, was screened on June 22 and 23 at the Shanghai Film Festival's SIFF animation section. Before the opening of the film, the tickets for each show of the film have been quickly sold out, and the enthusiasm of fans for watching movies has continued to heat up with the arrival of summer.
"Insect Story 2 - Reinforcements from Afar" was screened at the festival to lock in the summer dark horse
The praise at the screening site was high
This sequel is still created by the original team of the previous game, continuing the "true to beautiful" style of the "Insect Story" series of animation. "Insect Story 2" tells the story of cox and Junior, a friendly ladybug father and son, who help their friend Mandible, a black ant, escape from the attack of red ants, and unfortunately flee from the snowy France to the hot South American Caribbean in summer. Witty and brave, they escaped the many dangers from the rainforest and became acquainted with local ladybugs, working with indigenous caterpillar tribes to drive away the humans who invaded their homeland. At the same time, Junior also reaps the love and falls in love with the local ladybug sister. Faced with the upcoming return trip, will Junior choose to stay in the beautiful Caribbean? After the film was officially released, the audience personally walked into the theater to reveal it.
The two screenings of the Shanghai International Film Festival fired the first shot of "Insect Story 2" to expand its popularity in the country. The audience responded enthusiastically, and in just ninety minutes, the audience sometimes exclaimed and sometimes couldn't help but laugh at the strange adventures of the insects. After the screening, the interviewed audience seemed to be unfinished, saying that the film was "unexpected", "a surprise", and "the film soundtrack was gorgeous and magnificent, very shocking". The parent-child group that came to watch the film also scored a high score for the film, "I think the movie is great, let the child get close to the microscopic world that we usually find difficult to observe." The film not only tells the touching family and friendship, but also leads the children to complete a natural journey, making them love nature and life more, and achieving the effect of "edutainment". For the characteristics of no dialogue throughout the film, the children interviewed said that "it does not affect the understanding of the plot at all". When it was learned that the film would be officially released in the summer, many viewers said that they would walk into the theater to "brush up", believing that "such an ingenious film is worth the ticket price", and gave super high expectations for the performance of the film in the same file, "I believe it will be a dark horse in the summer vacation file".
High-level previous works strong endorsement of ingenuity creators and re-creation of god works
The first big movie in the "Insect Story" series was produced with high-level graphics and an epic adventure plot, and was known as the insect version of "The Lord of the Rings". Since its release, the film has won seven international awards with high gold content, including the nomination for best animation at the 87th Academy Award in 2015, and has been called "a film that truly transcends language" by the famous film magazine "International Screen", and has gained many fans around the world.
"Insect Story 2 - Reinforcements from Afar" enriches the conflict and drama of the plot on the basis of the previous work, the character image is more three-dimensional, the whole story is more interesting and ornamental, and truly achieves the "happy movie" of family fun. In terms of live-action shooting, the film also continued the high artistic standard of the first part, filmed in Provence, France, the Caribbean coast of the Americas, etc., presenting a unique and magnificent scenery for the audience. The stark contrast between the grand landscape and the microscopic close-up is bound to bring an unforgettable and unique visual feast to the audience.
Written and directed by ghost director Thomas Shobo and Helene Giro, the sequel to "Insect Story 2 - Reinforcements from Afar" will land in theaters across the country in the summer, and start a new adventure with insects!