Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children
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Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children
Psychonauts is an animated feature directed by Alberto Vazquez and Pedro Rivero, from the original graphic novel of the same title by Alberto Vazquez As a feature, is the culmination of a journey started with the short film 'Birdboy', also based on this graphic novel which was awarded with a Goya Award in 2012. 'Birdboy' was also shortlisted for the Oscar in its category and earned an extensive list of awards at national and international festivals. Aimed at young and adult audiences, Psychonauts is an atypical work that it served of the typical iconography of cartoons series to tell an intense poetic and social story. In it, the struggle of its main characters, DINKY and BIRDBOY, trying to escape of the suffocating atmosphere that is breathed in the island where they live. A place that lost its entire splendor because of a terrible industrial accident The lack of job prospects, the family and social control to whom are perceived as different from the norm, the fondness for addictive substances or a pitiful environment is the field where the characters in this story are moving in which there is no lack of friendship, love and hope to find it elsewhere, a better future The protagonists become so real travelers in mind (Psychonauts) who live isolated past sensations or emotions to avoid facing reality Psychonauts is a strong history of contrasts, combining a friendly, minimalist aesthetic with an adult story with a significant burden of criticism of the society in which we live
Psychonauts is an animated feature directed by Alberto Vazquez and Pedro Rivero, from the original graphic novel of the same title by Alberto Vazquez As a feature, is the culmination of a journey started with the short film 'Birdboy', also based on this graphic novel which was awarded with a Goya Award in 2012. 'Birdboy' was also shortlisted for the Oscar in its category and earned an extensive list of awards at national and international festivals. Aimed at young and adult audiences, Psychonauts is an atypical work that it served of the typical iconography of cartoons series to tell an intense poetic and social story. In it, the struggle of its main characters, DINKY and BIRDBOY, trying to escape of the suffocating atmosphere that is breathed in the island where they live. A place that lost its entire splendor because of a terrible industrial accident The lack of job prospects, the family and social control to whom are perceived as different from the norm, the fondness for addictive substances or a pitiful environment is the field where the characters in this story are moving in which there is no lack of friendship, love and hope to find it elsewhere, a better future The protagonists become so real travelers in mind (Psychonauts) who live isolated past sensations or emotions to avoid facing reality Psychonauts is a strong history of contrasts, combining a friendly, minimalist aesthetic with an adult story with a significant burden of criticism of the society in which we live