The Breadwinner is a 2017 film directed by Nora Twomey, and when I watched this film I thought that it would be good but it turned out to be a beautiful work of art.
The Breadwinner is a 2017 film directed by Nora Twomey, and when I watched this film I thought that it would be good but it turned out to be a beautiful work of art.The Breadwinner starts in 2001 just a little bit before the Afghan War started. The hero of our story is an eleven year old girl named Parvana. The movie opens with Parvana and her father selling goods at the market, but due to a dispute with a member of the Taliban, her father is eventually arrested. At the time of this movie Women could not go outside alone without the accompaniment of a Man. So, to provide for her family Parvana disguises herself as a boy so she can go out and work.
I can not state this enough, but the animation in this movie is nothing short of breathtaking. The style of design is somewhat simple, but the color scheme and shading are what give this film a form of life unto itself. In a day and age where it seems that animated films are dominated by Japanese anime, or Disney cartoons, this movie is made by an Irish company called Cartoon Saloon. I can't think of a Disney cartoon rated above PG-13 so I guess the real competition would be the Japanese anime. I'm not hating on Japanese anime here, but it's nice to see a work of serious animation that is not from Japan, or in it's style.
The only problems that I can think of in this movie are that it can drag a couple of times, but the times that it does drag, those times are very short. The only other problem that I have with this film is that the dialogue can be a little off putting sometimes but this only happens maybe one or two times, and is easily forgotten.
I would like to applaud the voice actress of Parvana, Saara Chaudry. I think that she does amazing voice acting and she is very immersive in her acting which real draws your attention even more into the film. The other voice actors in this movie also do a fantastic job and I can't recall one bad performance in general.
One thing that I find sad about this film is that it didn't break even on the box office. I believe that it only made back about a tenth of its budget from the box office. After viewing this, I think it's sad that it didn't break even.
Again, this movie is really breathtaking, and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves film. Even if you're not that big into animated films, I still strongly suggest that you watch The Breadwinner. Out of a bunch of average, boring, mind numbing films, that we have been getting lately, The breadwinner is a Jewel.
final score: 4.5/5
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