Toys in the Attic (2009)

Original title

Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny?

Directed by

Jiří Barta

Genre

fantasy film, animated film, children's film, cinematic fairy tale

Country

Slovakia, Czech Republic, Japan

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

U

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A community of toys and household objects come to life when people are not around. The story follows their adventures and day to day lives inside an attic.

whimsicalcozyinventivegentleplayfulslowchildlike wondernostalgic

What happens

Toys in the Attic (Czech: Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny?; festival title: In the Attic or Who Has a Birthday Today?) is a 2009 internationally co-produced stop-motion animated fantasy film written and directed by Jiří Barta, which depicts a community of toys and other objects in an attic who come to life when no human is around. It is an international co-production between the Czech Republic, France, Japan and Slovakia. The film was released first in the Czech Republic on 5 March 2009 and has been shown subtitled at film festivals internationally. An American English dub – adapted, produced and directed by Vivian Schilling and performed by actors including Forest Whitaker, Joan Cusack, Cary Elwes and Schilling herself – has been recorded, which the film was first shown with on 3 March 2012 at the New York International Children's Film Festival and was released nationally on 24 August 2012 by Hannover House. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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