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rblaurelin
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Mio min Mio (1987)
Read the book and later watch the movie
!Attention! Spoilers in this post!
Mio - my Mio, is the story of the desperate dream-wish of a little boy (Bosse/Mio) who wants to flee from a life where his foster parents (which he calls aunt and uncle and who only took him because when they wanted to get a child at the orphanage, there was no girl to be had) make him feel how little he is loved in this world. Therefore he starts dreaming of his unknown father in a far away country, who - of course - is a king and does all the things together with him that a truly loving father should do. Life isn't safe even in this dream/wish-land and the eternal fight of good versus evil must also be fought here. Bosse/Mio can show that he is a special person and can do good things, like safe the world from a dangerous dark Knight. Some people accuse this story of a lame plot... maybe the film should have made it clearer that this in fact is a heartbreaking story, a small boy dreams himself away to a place where he is loved and valued.
I know the book much better than the movie, but I've seen it of course, like many others I like the music, but other than many, I liked (or didn't mind) how the story was acted out... it is an unreal place, the dialogue is a bit stilted but that's how I feel it's like: heroic, longing dreams of a little boy!