Strings (2004)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Anders Rønnow Klarlund

Writers:

Naja Marie Aidt (writer)
Anders Rønnow Klarlund (story)

Release Date:

16 February 2005 (France)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

Tagline:

Tied by hate - Bound by love

Plot:

Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to revenge the death of his father. To his surprise he discovers the truth of his own people - and where he least expects it - he finds true love.

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | String | King | Avant Garde | Surrealism

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

James McAvoy	...	Hal (voice: English version)
Catherine McCormack	...	Zita (voice: English version)
Julian Glover	...	Kahro (voice: English version)
Derek Jacobi	...	Nezo (voice: English version)
Ian Hart	...	Ghrak (voice: English version)
Claire Skinner	...	Jhinna (voice: English version)
David Harewood	...	Erito (voice: English version)
Samantha Bond	...	Eike (voice: English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marina Bouras	...	Jhinna (voice)
Pernille Højmark	...	Eike (voice)
Paul Hüttel	...	Agra (voice)
Jonas Karlsson	...	Hal (voice: Swedish version)
Melinda Kinnaman	...	Zita (voice: Swedish version)
Jesper Langberg	...	Nezo (voice)
Henning Moritzen	...	Kahro (voice)
Søren Spanning	...	Erito (voice)
Piers Stubbs	...	(voice: English version)
Jens Jacob Tychsen	...	Hal (voice)

Runtime:

Denmark:88 min | USA:91 min | Argentina:91 min

Country:

Denmark | Sweden | Norway | UK

Language:

English | Danish | Norwegian | Swedish

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Sweden:11 | Brazil:Livre | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-11 | Hungary:14 | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Denmark:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG | Ireland:PG

Company:

BOB Film Sweden AB

Trivia:

Anders Rønnow Klarlund wanted to make a movie about terrorism and how the United States responded to 9/11. He decided to tell it as a fairy tale, and so "Strings" was born.

Quotes:

Zita: I end where you begin. And where you end I begin.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#34.3)" (2005)

A unique take on the fantasy genre with puppets

I watched this movie at the Norwegian International Film Festival, and I was totally blown away. The atmosphere, world and characters this movie introduces you to feels so incredibly unique and extraordinary.

The most brilliant thing, however, is the fact that instead of editing out the strings, or pretending that they're not there, they use the strings as a sort of...lifeforce.. If somebody looses their head-string, they're dead. This simple fact made the world seem even more real, and suddenly made the puppets into something living.

If I had to say anything negative about this movie at all, it's the fact that since the mouths of the puppets aren't moving when they're talking it's a bit difficult to get into at first. I found myself confused in the beginning as to whom it was that was talking, but I guess this is just the nature of movies that use puppets like these.

I couldn't recommend this movie any stronger than I do. Pray that this gets a US distributor, because as of now it's not picked up.