The Boy and the World

Director: Alê Abreu

Cast: Marco Aurélio Campos, Vinicius Garcia, Lu Horta

An amazing Brazilian animation that truly exemplifies the power of imagery and music as a combination that has more than enough to portray a powerful and deep message. It shows an adventurous quest that illustrates the issues of the modern world through the eyes of a child. A cautionary tale of globalization, The Boy and the World teaches above all the dangers of the massification of the economy, of the mind, and of the soul.

Suffering from the lack of the father, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by machines, animals and strange beings. An unusual animation with many artistic techniques that portrait the issues of the modern world through the eyes of a child.