Moomins on the Riviera (2014)

Original title

Muumit Rivieralla

Directed by

Xavier Picard

Genre

comedy film, children's film

Country

France, Finland

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

G

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The Moomins sail to the French Riviera where Snorkmaiden and Moominpappa get swept up in glamorous new friendships. Moomin and Moominmamma prefer the simple life on the beach, and the family must decide what matters most.

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What happens

Moomins on the Riviera (Finnish title: Muumit Rivieralla) is a 2014 animated family comedy film directed by Xavier Picard and produced by Hanna Hemilä, who is also co-director. The film is based on Moomin comic strips by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson. The film is a co-production of Finland's Handle Productions, France's Pictak Cie and China's Sandman Animation Studio. Written by Leslie Stewart, Annina Enckell, Hanna Hemilä, Xavier Picard and Beata Harju, the English version of the film stars Russell Tovey as Moomin, Nathaniel Parker as Moominpappa and Tracy-Ann Oberman as Moominmamma. The film is based on the Moomin Tove Jansson's original comic strip: Moomin on the Riviera and it is the first animated feature based on the comic strips. In the film, the Moomins along with Snorkmaiden and Little My sail for the Riviera, where their unity is threatened. Snorkmaiden is dazzled by the attentions of the playboy Clark Tresco and Moominpappa befriends an aristocrat called Marquis Mongaga, while Moomin and Moominmamma decide to move to the beach in order to escape all the glamorous extravagance. Moomins on the Riviera was released theatrically on 10 October 2014 in Finland to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tove Jansson's birth. In the United Kingdom, the film made its premiere on 11 October 2014 at BFI London Film Festival and it had a wider theatrical release on 22 May 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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