The Gruffalo: © Orange Eyes Limited 2009
The Gruffalo
Age: 2-4
Sunday 19th December at 11am
One child ticket includes admittance of one accompanying guardian. Any other accompanying guardian will need to purchase a normal adult ticket.
Film
30 Minutes
English
Cinema - Spazju Kreattiv
Adults 7 Euros Children 5 Euros
A half hour animated film based on the classic picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The Gruffalo tells the magical tale of a mouse who takes a walk though the woods in search of a nut. Encountering three predators – all of whom wish to eat him – a fox, an owl and a snake – the plucky mouse has to use his wits to survive. He announces that he is meeting a monster with terrible features, a ‘Gruffalo’, and the three predators are each panicked into running away. The mouse is now increasingly confident that there is nothing that can touch him, or so he thinks. When he rounds a corner and comes face to face with the terrible creature of his imagination, the Gruffalo itself, the mouse has to dig deep to escape the danger and find peace at last in the woods.
Film animat ta’ nofs siegħa bbażat fuq il-ktieb tal-istampi klassiku miktub minn Julia Donaldson u bi stampi ta’ Axel Scheffler. The Gruffalo jirrakkonta l-ħrafa maġika ta’ ġurdien li jmur mixja fil-bosk biex ifittex lewża. Meta jiltaqa’ ma’ tliet predaturi – li kollha jkunu jixtiequ jikluh – volpi, kokka u serp – il-ġurdien kuraġġuż ikollu juża moħħu biex jibqa’ ħaj. Iħabbar li ser ikun qed jiltaqa’ ma’ mostru b’karatteristiċi terribbli, “Gruffalo”, u b’hekk it-tliet predaturi jippanikjaw u jaħarbu. Il-ġurdien jibda jħossu dejjem aktar kunfidenti li xejn ma jista’ jagħmillu ħsara, jew għallinqas hekk jaħseb. Imbagħad f’mument idur kantuniera u jsib ma’ wiċċu l-kreatura terribbli tal-immaġinazzjoni tiegħu, il-Gruffalo nnifsu, u l-ġurdien ikollu jħaffer fil-fond biex jirnexxilu jaħrab mill-periklu u fl-aħħar isib il-paċi fil-bosk.
Director & Writer/Adapter: Jakob Schuh
Director & Writer/Adapter: Max Lang
Producer: Michael Rose
Producer: Martin Pope
Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Alex Scheffler
Cast:
Mother Squirrel: Helena Bonham Carter
Mouse: James Corden
Fox: Tom Wilkinson
Owl: John Hurt
Snake: Rob Brydon
Gruffalo: Robbie Coltrane