Released on Christmas Eve but deprived of theatrical release, avaloniaDisney’s New Year’s Eve animated film is an ecological family adventure, which marks a discreet evolution by starring a gay teenager.
In the United States, where it was released theatrically, the film clearly disappointed at the box office against a budget of $180 million. A sum that made it possible, in particular, to create the exuberant and fanciful universe of Avalonia, an ecosystem in which a family, the Clades, evolves.
The grandfather, Searcher, is an intrepid explorer who discovered a mysterious plant that provides clean and inexhaustible energy, the father, Jaeger, a farmer who has revolutionized life in Avalonia by exploiting it, and Ethan, who doubts the way forward.
The three of them will be involved in a crazy adventure, where they will have to question their certainties in the face of an initially threatening ecosystem, populated by monsters of all kinds, which they mistakenly believe they can control.
No real “bad boy”
A departure from more traditional Disney films, with no real “villain,” the film undermines productivist agriculture, advocates benevolence over force, and even takes on anti-species accents.
It marks an evolution in Disney, with the character of Ethan, in love with another boy: “The fact that he is gay was part of the DNA of the story, but without that constituting the plot itself… This is not a story “. going out, he is who he is, loved by everyone, including his grandfather,” one of the directors, Don Hall, told AFP.
“Disney movies have a huge impact around the world, it’s paramount that they reflect people ‘as they are’, even when it comes to fantasy worlds – our world is diverse,” he said, continuing.
A sneaky kiss in “Buzz Lightyear”
A subsidiary of Disney, Pixar had already included a sneaky kiss between two female characters in its latest film. buzz the lightning. A dozen Muslim countries had banned its publication.
In France, avalonia It will be available starting Friday for Disney+ subscribers. The entertainment empire, unhappy with the media timeline system that protects cinemas by regulating how films can be shown next, has decided not to release it in France.
Families will still have enough to attend the theaters during the year-end holidays, between Avatar – The Channel (another Disney movie), the Puss in boots 2 of Dreamworks or, on the French side, the return ofErnesto and Celestina.
Source: BFM TV
