My Father's Dragon

2022
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Title: My Father's Dragon

Original Title: My Father's Dragon

Year: 2022

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Release Dates

  • UK: November 04 2022
  • United States: November 04 2022

Plot

Fifth feature film by the Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, nominated for Academy Awards for 'The Secret of Kells', 'Song of the Sea', 'The Breadwinner' and 'Wolfwalkers'. Directed by Nora Twomey, director of 'The Secret of Kells' and 'The Breadwinner'. Written by Meg LeFauve, a regular Pixar collaborating screenwriter who was behind the scripts for 'Inside Out', 'The Good Dinosaur' and 'Onward'. Based on the children's trilogy by Ruth Stiles Gannett.

Elmer is a little boy who sees his little world come crashing down. His mother's grocery store, located in a pleasant town, closes due to the many debts that his mother has acquired. The two are forced to sell the store and move from the town to the great metropolis, Evergrey City. There, the life of the two is not easy, since her mother spends all the savings to be able to pay the rent of the dilapidated attic in which they live and to be able to find another job.

Sad that he won't be able to get a new grocery store, Elmer follows a mysterious cat, who leads him to the town's pier, where a magical whale takes him to Wild Island, where he meets a mysterious dragon whose mission it is to stop him. the island sinks. The two will strike up a friendship that will change their lives forever.

International co-production between Ireland, the United States, Luxembourg and France. Directed by Nora Twomey and written by Meg LeFauve, based on an idea by LeFauve and John Morgan. 'My Father's Dragon' is an adaptation of the trilogy of children's novels by Ruth Stiles Gannett, which make up the books 'My Father's Dragon', 'Elmer and the Dragon' and 'The Dragons of Blueland'. In its original English version, it features the voices of Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Ian McShane, Chris O'Dowd, Jackie Earle Haley, Dianne Wiest, Rita Moreno, Judy Greer, Alan Cumming and Whoopi Goldberg. A Cartoon Saloon, Mockingbird Pictures, HB Wink Animation, Mélusine Studio and Haut et Court production. Distributed in streaming by Netflix.

Cast

Director:

Nora Twomey Nora Twomey

Jacob Tremblay

Jacob Tremblay

Elmer (voice)

Gaten Matarazzo

Gaten Matarazzo

Boris (voice)

Golshifteh Farahani

Golshifteh Farahani

Dela (voice)

Ian McShane

Ian McShane

Saiwa (voice)

Chris O'Dowd

Chris O'Dowd

Kwan (voice)

Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley

Tamir (voice)

Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest

Iris (voice)

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