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Revision as of 21:59, 10 March 2024
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| Directed by | Manuk Depoyan |
| Written by | Olena Shulga Svitlana Kutsenko |
| Produced by | Dmytro Belinskyi Ihor Roma Iryna Manzhosova |
| Starring | Kate Bristol Allen Enlow Melissa Schoenberg |
| Cinematography | Dmytro Nedrya |
| Edited by | Manwel Aramian Vitaliy Arsenin Vladyslav Arsenin |
| Distributed by | ADS Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Ukrainian |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million |
| Box office | $1.98 million[1] |
The Dragon Spell (Template:Lang-uk) is a 2016 Ukrainian 3D animated fantasy film directed by Manuk Depoyan based on Anton Siyanika's fairy tale of the same name.[2] The film is about a young boy named Nicky, who saves the magical world and humans from evil.
The film premiered in Ukraine on 13 October 2016.[3][4] In August 2017, the film was nominated for the Ukrainian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.[5] Some Ukrainian and foreign viewers and experts found the film successful and interesting, while some critics characterized it as a technically outdated, excessively clichéd work.[6][7]
Plot
Nicky is the son of the hero Cyril, who once defeated the evil Dragon. Now nothing threatens the world and Cyril lives peacefully with his family, and the skin of the Dragon hangs in his house. Nicky dreams of becoming a hero, fighting evil, but he lacks strength. Because of his pranks, the skin tears, so the father has to stitch it up. The mother, Maria, treats Nicky with condescension, but the elder brother Bohdan mocks him, saying that he is no hero.
Meanwhile, the magician, grandfather Danylo, notices the comet and determines that soon, therefore, the Fire Flower will bloom. Danylo sends his apprentice, the clever but boastful bat Eddie, to deliver a letter to Cyril. The hero goes to see the magician, and orders Nicky to stay at home. Despite the order, the boy follows his father, followed by the calf Chubyk. So, Nicky eavesdrops on the conversation, from which he learns that the Dragon was not completely defeated. His spirit has taken possession of the witch and if she obtains the fern flower and the dragon skin, the Dragon will return as strong as ever. Eddie tells Nicky to look for the Fire Flower, which grows in the fairyland of Divinalia. But Eddie clumsily casts a spell that takes him and the boy to the wrong place.
Nicky and Eddie meet the orphan girl Roksolana and her squirrel named Kamikaze in Divinalia. Since Roksolana first calls herself Rocky, she is mistaken for a boy. She agrees to help in the fight against the Dragon, and Nicky believes that this is his opportunity to make his dream come true. The witch senses the appearance of strangers and realizes that Nicky is Cyril's son. She sends the troll Tatya to capture the boy. The troll's attack separates the children, Nicky and Eddie are forced to go further by themselves to the place indicated by Roksolana. At that time, Danylo was building a helicopter together with Cyril and his relatives.
The boy and Eddie are trapped by a witch, she sends ghosts impersonating Cyril and Danylo. But Nicky guesses that they are not real. Then the witch tries to bribe Roksolana, promising to give her a family. The girl refuses to betray her new friends and refuses. Nicky meets Roksolana in an abandoned house where she once lived, but he has no idea about it. The children read a clue that points to an enchanted lake, which opens up an obstacle-filled path to the Fireflower. The path is interrupted by a stone guard who recognizes Nicky and Roksolana as brave. The children tell him that they want to stop the Dragon, and the guard gives them a firefly to help them, which can show where the Fire Flower grows.
Dad grabs Roksolana and runs to the witch. She promises to return Roksolana only in exchange for a flower. The girl recognizes the witch as her mother, who was inhabited by the Dragon. Danylo starts the helicopter and, together with Nicky's parents, moves the device to Divinalia.
Nicky manages to find the Fire Flower, but he realizes that it cannot be given to a witch. Eddie tries to stop the witch, but she grabs the flower and uses it to turn the Dragon's body. When the Dragon intends to burn the children, Dmytro arrives to help with Cyril, Maria and Bohdan. Nicky and Roksolana stealthily steal a helicopter to distract the villain. The boy remembers that only his own flame can defeat the Dragon, and provokes him to exhale. Because the hide was poorly stitched, flames shoot everywhere from under it, the Dragon catches fire and explodes.
Nicky's parents congratulate him, and Dmytro tells Eddie that he learned magic well. Roksolana stays in Divinalia with her mother. Eddie sends Nicky and his family home, but messes up the spell again and ends up in Divinalia.
Cast
- Kate Bristol: Nicky
- Allen Enlow: Eddie
- Melissa Schoenberg: Witch
- Marc Thompson: Dragon / Kamikaze / Monster / Boys / Narrator
- Mike Pollock: Cyril
- Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld: Rocky
- William Tost: Adler
- Jason Griffith: Goon
- Eileen Stevens: Maria
- Jake Paque: Bogdan
Awards and honors
| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Golden Dzyga | 2017 | Best Animated Film | The Dragon Spell | Won | [8] |
References
- ^ "Mykyta kozhumyaka (The Dragon Spell)". Archived from the original on 18 October 2017.
- ^ Антон Сіяніка. Микита Кожум'яка. Переклад з російської: О. Зозуля; малюнки: Крістіан Коскінін та інші. Київ: Країна мрій, 2011. 304 стор. ISBN 978-617-538-067-3
- ^ "Старт кінопрокату анімаційного фільму «Микита Кожум'яка» перенесено на жовтень". БУК. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Кінопрем'єри тижня: "Микита Кожум'яка", "Інферно" та інші" (in Ukrainian). Дзеркало тижня. 13 October 2016. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Український Оскарівський комітет завершив приймання заявок" (in Ukrainian). 21 August 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Disney відпочиває. Рецензія на український мультфільм Микита Кожум'яка". nv.ua. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Огляд-рецензія українського мультфільму "Микита Кожум'яка"". Pingvin.Pro. 17 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Оголошено переможців української кінопремії «Золота дзиґа»". Детектор медіа. 20 April 2017. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.