Czech Films 2016–2017 2017 / Lichožrouti / Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Croatia 2016
“Never take the entire pair!” is the mantra of the Oddsockeaters, the creatures responsible for our socks just disappearing into thin air, leaving us with a pile of odd socks. Based on the bestselling book series, this animated-cum-gangster movie set in contemporary Prague draws on the tradition of Czech films for children.
“Never take the entire pair!” is the mantra of the Oddsockeaters, the creatures responsible for our socks just disappearing into thin air, leaving us with a pile of odd ones. About forty centimetres long, these cheeky little devils inhabit every household and they live on socks. Sometimes they even stock up on them, like robber Big Boss for instance, whose nephew Hugo has just come to stay with him. Big Boss is a gangster of the old school – he only ever takes one sock at a time. Others aren’t so principled and take everything. And Hugo, who wants to find a new family, ends up caught between two enemy clans… Developed at Alkay Animation Prague over a period of three and a half years, this adaptation of the bestselling children’s books by writer Pavel Šrut and illustrator Galina Miklínová is set in an animated version of contemporary Prague. While this family gangster adventure looks to the tradition of Czech animated film for children, it also makes use of modern CGI techniques. Hugo’s story, set against a backdrop of two conflicting sets of values, was one of the biggest domestic hits of last year.
Jan Škoda
83 min / Color, DCP
Director Galina Miklínová
/ Screenplay Pavel Šrut, Galina Miklínová, based on the novel of the same name by Pavel Šrut / podle stejnojmenné knihy Pavla Šruta
/ Music Filip Míšek
/ Editor Vladimír Barák
/ Art Director Galina Miklínová
/ Producer Ondřej Trojan
/ Production Total HelpArt T.H.A.
/ Coproduction Česká televize, PubRes, Alkay Animation Prague, Filmosaurus Rex
/ Cast hlasy / voices: Kryštof Hádek, Jan Maxian, David Novotný, Ondřej Trojan, Marek Taclík, Tatiana Vilhelmová
/ Sales LevelK
/ Distributor Falcon a.s.
Galina Miklínová (b. 1970, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia) is a director, animator and illustrator. She attended Prague’s Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, studying at the school’s Film and TV Graphics Studio under Jiří Barta (1991–97); she also took an animation course at Humberside University in Great Britain in 1995. She graduated with The Cinema (1997), which won a series of awards at home and abroad. Her animated work has screened at a number of international film festivals (Stuttgart, Annecy, Rio de Janeiro, Tampere and São Paulo). In addition to her animation skills, Miklínová is also a book illustrator and has been working with poet and writer Pavel Šrut for many years. She has received various awards and nominations for her illustrations, including the Most Beautiful Czech Book Award, a competition held annually by the Ministry of Culture.
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