As Aventuras da Turma da Mônica (1982)

Directed by

Mauricio de Sousa

Genre

adventure film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

L

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four animated stories from the Monica's Gang comics are linked together by live-action scenes. The cartoon characters interact with their creator Mauricio de Sousa through phone calls.

playfullightheartednostalgicwhimsicalanimatedfamily-friendlycreativeepisodic

What happens

The Adventures of Monica and Friends (Portuguese: As Aventuras da Turma da Mônica) is a 1982 Brazilian animated anthology film directed by Mauricio de Sousa, based on his Monica's Gang comic books. This was the first feature film based on Monica's Gang and which began production of the cartoon series based on the comics. The film mixes animation with some scenes made in live-action interpreted by Mauricio de Sousa in his studio. The film shows four individual stories that end up linking through the characters interacting with Mauricio through phone calls. Distributed by Embrafilme, the film was released theatrically in São Paulo on 23 December 1982 and in Rio de Janeiro on 10 January 1983. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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