Ernest and Célestine (Kids)

Saturday, November 16
10:00 am
Ernest and Célestine

2012 / France / French, Dubbed in English / 80 min / DCP
Directors: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner
Cast: Lambert Wilson, Pauline Brunner, Anne-Marie Loop
Print Source: GKids

This charming French animated feature is a story about an unlikely friendship that blossoms when the best-laid schemes of mice and bears go awry. Cosmopolitan bears live above ground; beneath the streets is an elaborate realm inhabited by mice. For young mice, bears are the stuff of scary bedtime stories, fearsome beasts who will make a meal of them if they don’t watch out. Célestine, an aspiring dentist, must journey to the surface to collect bear teeth for her work. But she’s facing the end when Ernest, a down on his luck bear, plucks her from a trash can. He relishes a tasty morsel, but this snack talks back! Based on a popular picture book series by Belgian artist Gabrielle Vincent, this beautifully drawn throwback to the classic “2-D” style of animation garnered a César, France’s most prestigious film award.