#Kirikou et la sorcière

[the-blue-fairie]

@ariel-seagull-wings @themousefromfantasyland It remains fascinating to me that, in the US, the film Kirikou and the Sorceress is kinda obscure and only available in a blurry print and old non-anamorphic DVDs while in other countries it's just... a children's film? Like, a restoration was on the Criterion Channel for a few months some years ago, but that's been gone for ages now.

It's because of the completely nonsexual animated nudity that's so matter-of-fact within the film and normal among the culture it portrays that it becomes irrelevant. And some people might say, "Well, if it's irrelevant then they could have just censored it for the US release," but like... that would have been a loss to the film.

Like, it's all very well for people to say things like "Nudity in and of itself is nonsexual" but having a film where the nudity is so mundane you might even forget about it (or at least be forced to confront your own cultural biases regarding nudity) shows that.

This is the way these people live. It is ordinary. The film doesn't try to otherize its characters because of it.

It just is.

And that makes it integral to the film.

I only saw the film for the first time when it appeared on the Criterion Channel, but I feel like if I'd grown up with it (there would have been no chance of that; my family would have confiscated the DVD), I'd have had a less complicated emotional journey regarding my body.

#kirikou et la sorcière #kirikou and the sorceress #kirikou

[alder-saan]

Sorry not sorry but we, French people, have the best movies and the best movie-makers ever

Kirikou et la sorcière

Princes et princesses

Dragons et princesses

Azur et Asmar

All of them by Michel Ocelot

And, obviously, THE movie that got THE Miyazaki inspired to do his:

Le roi et l'oiseau, by Paul Grimault

This one is probably my favourite movie of ALL time.

Like.

It's brilliant.

I loved it when I was a child, I still love it now for different reasons. The double meanings are incredible, the animation is SO DAMN GOOD (and the film was released in 1980) (it took over 30 years to make because the production was a disaster but the result is... MASTERPIECE)

#Watch these #French movies #Michel Ocelot #the king and the mockingbird #Le roi et l'oiseau #Paul Grimault #Azur et Asmar #Princes et Princesses #Dragons et princesses #Kirikou et la sorcière #kirikou et les bêtes sauvages #Kirikou et les hommes et les femmea

[bestanimatedmovie]

Nimona vs Kirikou and the Sorceress

Propaganda:

One of the best animated movies ever

#Kirikou and the Sorceress #Kirikou et la Sorcière #best animated movie #the nimona tournament #tournament poll

[fujikoi]

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[indigenous-character-tournament]

Kirikou is canonically Indigenous. He is from a small West African village, and the story pulls from West African cultures, specifically Senegalese and Guinean.

Margaret Kōhere/Mad Maggie is canonically Māori. She is either Ngāruahine or Ngāti Ruanui.

#indigenous character tournament #ict round 2 #tournament poll #kirikou and the sorceress #kirikou et la sorcière #kirikou #apex legends #margaret kōhere #mad maggie

[saemi-the-dreamer]

Watched "Kirikou et la sorcière" again after so long and I can't stop thinking about how the character Karaba.

How this woman became a witch because a poisoned thorn was stabbed into her back against her will, and she's constantly suffering because of it, but it also gives her her powers, and she refuses to ask someone to take it off because of that, she's kind of used to that pain now, it's not as bad as when she was assaulted, she never wants to go through the same pain ever again, she'd rather bully a whole village, letting them believe anything as long as they fear her, she has a total control over them and her sentients and hates it when Kirikou started questioning everything and jeopardize her work, but in the end she's just so relieved to stop hurting that she doesn't care about her powers afterwards and wants to live with him...

Just... wow. Shout out to this wonderful, strong, complex Queen!!

#kirikou et la sorcière #saemi rambles #judt food for thoughts #so many things implied just in her backstory and character arc #karaba la sorcière #karaba the sorceress

[sauda-art]

Karaba, Kirikou et la Sorcière

#kirikou et la sorcière #Kirikou #Karaba #Illustration

[majortomlovesziggy]

Azur et Asmar - Michel Ocelot (2006)

#azur et asmar #michel ocelot #djinn #animation #3D #3D Animation #kirikou #kirikou and the sorceress #kirikou et la sorcière

[pulcheriebalhoud]

Kirikou et la Sorcière | Film complet en Français | 1998 | HD

#youtube #kirikou et la sorcière #film complet en français #film complet #film movie #movie film #film #movie #michel ocelot #dk 75 #dk75

[mustapartart]

"I'll decorate you"

I rewatched Kirikou & Karaba the Musical and felt an urge to draw one of my favourite scenes.

#kirikou and the sorceress #kirikou #kirikou et la sorcière #kirikou et les bêtes sauvages #digital art #digital artist #digital fanart

[hug-me-brutha]

Every once in a while I remember that my first exposure to the word fetish was in Kirikou and the Sorceress where Karaba's servants are called Fetishes so I was really confused the first time someone used it in reference to sex

#kirikou et la sorcière #kirikou and the sorceress

[emilyverobalhoudongotto]

Kirikou le film complet

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[orange-sharer]

I will never stop thinking about the Sorceress Karabà.

She had been stabbed long ago, and although it still caused her pain, it also gave her power. she had accepted the fact that she would just live with the constant pain forever, so she tried to make the best out of it by terrorising the village. throughout the whole movie, she is seen as harsh, evil, stone-hearted and unforgiving. however in the end, when Kirikú managed to get the thorn out of her back, the crushing relief finally strikes her.

the whole sentiment immediately changes, the sky clears up, the plants rapidly grow, the flowers start to bloom and Karabà realises she does not have to live with endless suffering. she learns to forgive, and to love, and to finally heal.

Because in the end, no matter how many jewels she styled herself with, or how much fear she provoked, she was still just a wounded woman who longed for someone to gently take out the thorn that someone so heartless had carved into her back.

#kirikou et la sorcière #film #french movies #healing #forgiveness is the most important step

[bestanimatedmovie]

The Breadwinner vs Kirikou and the Sorceress 

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Watch the trailers:

#The Breadwinner #Kirikou and the Sorceress #Kirikou et la Sorcière #best animated movie #round 3 #Youtube #tournament poll #tumblr's favorite

[little-star-bun]

French movies slap idc idc

#jack and the cuckoo clock heart #kirikou et la sorcière #monster in paris #Like babes they're so good for what #THE SOUNDTRACKS #I love singing in French even I'm bad at it

[indigenous-character-tournament]

Prince Ashitaka is canonically Emishi.

Kirikou is canonically Indigenous. He is from a small West African village, and the story pulls from West African cultures, specifically Senegalese and Guinean.

#indigenous character tournament #tournament poll #ict round 3 #princess mononoke #mononoke hime #prince ashitaka #ashitaka #kirikou et la sorcière #kirikou and the sorceress #kirikou