Lynn Belvedere

PIL’S ADVENTURES @ AUSTRALIAN CINEMAS 02 JUNE 2022

PIL’S ADVENTURES – Played for laughs and with a brilliant narrative, this Family Adventure film computer animation, has top quality French storytelling with a young female protagonist. Gleeful action scenes and the expected thrilling tropes are boldly explored. PG RATED and includes infrequent slapstick violence, plus scenes of possible peril are deliberately kept brief. Magic plus Fantasy, suitable for young children.  

Young girl PIL is an orphan living in the medieval city of Foggyburgh. Lord Tristain is the ruthless and cruel Foggyburgh Regent, who magically transforms Prince Roland who is the rightful heir to the Foggyburgh throne, into a “chickat” an animal that has a chicken head with a cat body. As a disguise to escape detection, PIL dresses as a princess, and by her lies of omission, she allows the guard Graubart to believe that PIL is a real princess.

PIL and her three weasel friends, plus aided by friends Jiggler and Graubart, they all undertake a journey of belonging, kindness, discovery, teamwork, courage, and empathy. Firstly going to get the cure from the sorceress, who lives deep inside the Cursed Forest. Then secondly, they all travel to the Unicorn Lair, to find an ingredient for the cure to restore Prince Roland back into a human being. Meanwhile Lord Tristain has hired a huge gang of ruthless bandits, to help him hold onto the stolen throne, the throne that rightfully belongs to Prince Roland.

Inspired and quite compelling story, a clever fairytale that also contains many positive life lessons, that include empathy with acceptance, questioning power, learning from mistakes, maintaining empathy with acceptance.

Written and directed by Julien Fournet.

Icon Film Distribution. Running Time 89 minutes.

In Australian Cinemas from Thursday 2nd June 2022.

AWARDS – OFFICIAL SELECTION – Lumières 2022 Best Animated Film.

Australian Classification rated PG (with mild themes, animated violence and crude humour).

Published by Lynn Belvedere

Once we were old enough, my parents took the whole family to the Sydney CBD cinemas every week. Thus began a lifetime interest, in going to the cinema every week, and became a passionate cinephile by watching all those very heavily edited ''Australian Film Censorship Board'' true cinéaste versions of brand new release ''Cinematograph Films''. Greater Union always gave my father (who worked in Cinema Distribution Exhibition) guest double movie passes, to every first-night ''red carpet Opening Night'' at The State Theatre Cinema at 49 Market Street. Up until his death, my dad always received ''two house seats'' for every Opening Night performance events at the Theatre Royal SYDNEY and at Her Majesty's Theatre SYDNEY. As a child, when mum choose not to go, I often went with him, to those live performance events. As a young child, I remember being taken for each new show, at both The New Theatre at 60 Sussex Street, and the Phillip Street Theatre when located at 150 Elizabeth Street, and for classical music concerts at Sydney Town Hall. = = = ★★★★★ = = = Being happy is a choice, and I have always viewed my life, as material ready be made into a series of amazing tentpole movies. My New Years Resolution is kept every year: ''Get to see/review five new live theatre shows each week, and get to see/review six new cinema movies each week'', plus is one of the Australian Cinema Pioneers, and apparently have seen far too much already, but always wanting to experience more and more each year. I am also able to do almost everything that I enjoy doing. Yes, I do have a great daytime job in I.T. as ''Software Design Project Manager'', PLUS each evening until quite late - - - Australian Cinematograph Films historical censorship consultant - product-placement consultant - mystery-shopper consultant - playwright, writer, author, director, producer, photographer, cinematographer, color-grader, subtitles proofreader - arts/ drama/ music/ film critic and judge, journalist, member FIPRESCI & FCCA & AFCA, member AACTA accredited film reviewer-critic-writer, accredited IMDB.COM critic-reviewer-author, projectionist, plus an innovative iconoclast - - - ★★★★★ LYNN BELVEDERE ★★★★★ - - - [usr 5] - - -