The plot: "Nat gets a gift and a library that contains all the books ... really bizarre legacy left him by his Aunt Eleanor! In fact, each work is a piece original and the night, the heroes of children's literature out of their books ... Nat begins to get acquainted and see designated successor to its predecessor: it will protect them. If, unfortunately, had to leave the library, their storeie would be forgotten forever and even they would disappear ... And it is ... [Read on] just when his parents decide to see the books, the adventure begins! Nat accidentally reduced to the same size of small heroes, will do everything possible to save his friends and their stories. Alice, Gulliver, Little Red Riding Hood ... will help them to successfully complete this mission "
and Nat's secret Eleonora - Review
Fantasy is an endangered species. The severity of a condition prone to oblivion stories is that children themselves tend to have ceased to feed those stories Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault and the brothers Grimm, have left us a legacy. This is not the place to quibble with this alarming truth ... But that's why when France, with the considerable contribution of Italian license plate Lanterna Magica ("Lucky and the Cat" 1998), we are given a microcosm in which to relive those characters so familiar, our hopes begin again to be fed. In competition at the Rome Film Festival 2009 in the Alice in the city, "and Nat's secret Eleonora" is a gem of illustration, and deliberately use this term instead of animation. Yes, because it is in this style was a little 'retro, but delicious, moving away from the most innovative techniques Pixar and Dreamworks, the difference is a sophisticated and clever animated film that combines a willingness to talk about the loss of value that has always been in the collective imagination, with a more carefree of this "abomination." Nat, a little boy with enormous difficulties in reading (read between the lines, the specter of dyslexia ), received by the deceased aunt Eleanor important and demanding task: to "protect" the books that are contained in its library, while preserving the personalities of manuscripts. If, unfortunately, had to leave the library, their stories, and they themselves, would be forgotten forever. And it's when her parents decide to sell the books, that Nat will do everything possible to save his friends and their stories. Alice, Gulliver, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, the evil ogre, they will just help them to carry out this delicate mission. Rebecca Daumetrer, fine children's book illustrator, and director Dominique Monféry, (nominated for Best Animated Short Oscar in 2004 with "Fate"), have been able to deal a subject very dear to literature, such as turning away from the human imagination and the baggage that brings with it, mixing the terror of such a disaster, modern irony, outside the immaculate Disney utopian visions. A film to continue to believe that imagination is the safe haven in which to escape ...
Serena Guidoni by: www.ecodelcinema.com