- Title: PERU: Peruvian animated film 'Dragons: Fire Destiny' premieres in Lima
- Date: 27th July 2006
- Summary: LIMA, PERU (JULY 24, 2006) (REUTERS) PEOPLE ENTERING CINEMA MOVIE PLAYING ON CINEMA SCREEN (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MOVIE FAN ALFREDO ZARRATU, SAYING: "I loved it when the dragons fought and the dragon prince won."
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- Location: Peru
- Country: Peru
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- Story Text: 'Dragons: Fire Destiny', Peru's second ever animated feature, premiered in Lima on Monday (July 24, 2006), and is the latest release from the new Alpamayo Entertainment studios that already won great success with their first animated film 'Pirates in Pacific'.
The feature is a dragon's tale set in the country's rugged mountain landscape. The film's director Eduardo Schuldt says it is the story of, John John, a young purple dragon, who is born into a family of Peruvian condors.
"Like the name of the film, it is about dragons. It is a small dragon that is followed in the movie, he is looking for his destiny, he is growing up, he is finding out things about himself, because to start he doesn't know that he is a dragon," said Schuldt. "That is a small detail. With 'Dragons: Fire Destiny', with the quality of the images, with the script, with the quality of the actors, we have realized we have two films but now are ready to compete with studios like Pixar or Dream Works, because the jump between 'Pirates in the Pacific' and 'Dragons: Fire Destiny' is enormous."
It is anticipated that 'Dragons: Fire Destiny' will be the most successful release for Alpamayo Entertainment, whose last film took in 730 thousand U.S. dollars at the box office in Peru, and has recently been sold for release in Argentina, Mexico, Hungary, Turkey, Italy and Indonesia.
The film received assistance from the Mexican Aztec TV, which provided 800,000 U.S. dollars worth of technical equipment to develop the film's 3D animation.
It also attracted Peruvian stars Gianmarco Zignago and Gianella Neyra, who provided voices for two of the main characters in the movie.
Actress Gianella Neyra says her character, the female dragon Lili, is quite a bold reptilian.
"The character is a typical marvellous foreign woman, who knows everything, who can do everything and that is not embarrassed by anything, but at the same time is very lonely because she is the only flying dragon that exists on the face of the earth," said Neyra.
The film's animators took several leaps ahead in the quality of their production. Neyra says they are reaching the same quality of animated movies from the big Hollywood studios.
"The truth is that you look at the scenes and they don't have anything to envy from films made overseas. Obviously they are in the process, obviously they are going to make things that makes one say 'Mmmm!' But I think what is important is that we have the power to continue making films and the power to continue growing," she said.
The movie is based on the Peruvian children's book 'John-John, the dragon of Late Titicaca', from economist and writer Hernán Garrido-Lecca who also provided the script for Alpamayo's last film.
Garrido-Lecca came up with the story of the clumsy, short winged dragon when his daughter requested a bedtime story that was not is one of her children's books.
Peruvian singer Gianmarco Zignago, who did the voice for the film's main character John John, says it is a great children's story.
"It is a film that in which everything is magical and everything is based in the myths of Peru," said Zignago.
Actors Silvia Navarro and Roberto Moll also worked on the film,
The movie was released for sneak-peek previews in Peru on Monday (July 24, 2006), and appeared to delight its young viewers.
One young fan described his favourite scene.
"I loved it when the dragons fought and the dragon prince won," Alfredo Zarratu said after seeing the film.
The movie is being simultaneously-release in Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Ecuador on Thursday, before hitting screens in Mexico in a matter of weeks. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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