PRIX EUROPA - Best Video on Multilingualism of the Year 2011 by a Student: THE IMPORTANCE OF SPEAKING TWO LANGUAGES
PRIX EUROPA
Best Video on Multilingualism of the Year 2011 by a Student
THE IMPORTANCE OF SPEAKING TWO LANGUAGES
Entering institute: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - CSC
Country: Italy
Yael Leibel (Author/Director/Producer),
Marco Resa (Author),
Salvatore Aquilani, Pasquale Remia (Camera),
Andrea Ottina (Sound), Simone Rosset, Marco Resa (Animation)
Jury Citation
"Whose side you are on, who would you support: The mouse? The cat? Or the dog? Multilingualism turns out to be a hopefully long lasting peace keeping force in this amusing and witty animation. It shows the eternal interracial war and chase and a really surprising love as a sort of happy ending. This program includes the sexiest kiss of the festival."
Synopsis
A cat has been trying to catch a mouse for a long time. The mouse is very smart, and does not come out of its hole, but after a while, the mouse hears a dog barking. Thinking that the cat ran away afraid of the dog, the mouse leaves its hole. Suddenly, the cat jumps on the mouse, while still barking. Essentially, the cat embraced the idea that to be successful nowadays, one needs to speak at least two languages. But the barking draws the attention of a dog, who interprets the bark as a she-dog calling for love and runs to the house. When he finds the caller was just a cat he gets very angry. The terrified cat releases the mouse who runs back to its hole. The cat, clearly baffled, remains with the dog facing a dangerous situation, but its knowledge of languages may help again.
Complete Film