Prèlude
à l'apres-midi d'un faune di Claude Debussy
Slavonic Dance n.7 di Antonin Dvorak
Bolero di Maurice Ravel
Valse Triste di Jean Sibelius
Il Concerto in C-dur di Antonio Vivaldi
The Firebird di Igor Stravinsky
SINOPSYS
"Allegro
non Troppo" is a feature film made up by stories, in which famous classical
musical pieces are visualized by means of a modern, ironical and highly qualified
animation. Debussy's "Prèlude à l'après-midi d'un
faune", Dvorak's "Slavonic Dance N.7", Ravel's "Bolero",
Sibelius "Valse Triste", Vivaldi's "Concerto in C-Dur",
Stravinsky's "The Firebird" are the six musical pieces which have
inspired stories and animated characters. The stories are presented and connected
by a live-action story, in which hilarity results from the same comical mechanisms
used in usual cartoons, only in this case applied to human chracters and situations.
This film technically structured like Walt Disney's famous "Fantasia",
is prominent for the original way in which it deals with current social themes
and motives, using a modern and up to date style. It's movie for all audiences,
whose tematics satisfy adults, whose images fascinate even the very young.
CREDITS
Production Bruno Bozzetto Film Script and Screenplay Bruno Bozzetto
Guido Manuli, Maurizio Nichetti Main collaborators to animation Giuseppe Laganà , Walter Cavazzuti, Giovanni Ferrari, Giancarlo Cereda, Giorgio Valentini, Guido Manuli, Paolo Albicocco, Giorgio Forlani Animation and special effectsphotography Luciano Marzetti Cast Maurizio Nichetti, Nestor Garay, Maurizio Micheli, Maria Luisa Giovannini Live Action Photography Mario Masini Live Action assistant direction Maurizio Nichetti Editing and sound effects Giancarlo Rossi