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Feature Film: "Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange: A Rapid Love Story"

After what has seemed like a drought of Stop Motion feature films over the past year or so we finally get some news!  Lisa Limone and Moroc Orange: A Rapid Love Story, is a 72 minute Stop Motion opera.  Yes, you heard me right.  Opera!  It would seem that this Estonian flick is breaking ground in the Stop Motion world.  From what we can see in the trailer, it is a beautifully animated film featuring  fruit-heads on top of human bodies, a very interesting concept.  The plot:
"Main hero is a singing boat refugee – orange boy Maroc. He dreams about freedom.
Lemon girl Lisa collects singing seashells and dreams about love.
Lisa’s father is a businessman, owner of a ketchup factory and tomato plantation. He loves money.
And so the opera begins:
Poor Maroc escapes from his homeland and defying stormy waters take a boat across the sea to the “promised land”. Upon arrival he is forced being a slave worker in a tomato plantation instead of freedom, democracy, wealth and parties he had hoped for.
Despite of initial let down our orange boy is destined to gain happiness – selfish Lisa falls in love with him and sets him free. We see orange revolution – houses are blown up and tomatoes are made from ketchup, all in the name of democracy!
Movie that is full of rebellion and love has happy ending - we will see sour-sweet culmination of lemon girl's and orange boy's love."

Trailer: http://vimeo.com/54142801

Lisa Limone & Maroc Orange long trailer from FrostFX on Vimeo.

The credits are listed below:


Script: Kati Kovács, Peep Pedmanson
Direction: Mait Laas
 
Camera: Ragnar Neljandi
Design: Kati Kovács, Mait Laas, Ivika Luisk
Animation: Märt Kivi , Triin Sarapik-Kivi
Music: Ülo Krigul
Sound: Karri Niinivaara
Puppet makers: Piret Sigus, Ene Mellow, Külli Jaama, Kreeta Käeri, Taivo Müürsepp, Kaarel Kübarsepp, Heigo Eeriksoo
Decoration prepatarion: Mait Eerik, Roman Kuznetsov
Digital postproduction: Nukufilm, Frost FX, Trix
Light: Olari Lass, Malle Valli
Cast: Iris Vesik, Omar N, Peeter Volkonski, Hardi Volmer, Andero Ermel, Risto Joosti, Kati Kovacs, Jaan Pehk
Producer: Arvo Nuut, Andrus Raudsalu, Kerdi Oengo, Misha Jaari
Production assistant: Maret Reismann, Kerdi Oengo
Produced by: Nukufilm, Bufo
Distribution: The Yellow Affair


 I give credit to Amid Amidi over at Cartoon Brew for finding this bit o' news so check out their post here!

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