João Gonzalez’s animated brief ‘The Ice Retailers’ follows a cliff-jumping father and son – Colossal



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A chilling and precarious story, João Gonzalez’s fantastically animated brief Ice Retailers follows a father and son as they harvest and promote ice. The pair reside in a cliffside home and dive from the balcony daily, permitting parachutes to ship them safely to the village market beneath. When the temperatures rise, nevertheless, the ropes that join their mountain house start to fray.

Gonzalez, who additionally carried out and composed the accompanying soundtrack, created “The Ice Retailers” in a minimally illustrated type much like the award-winning “Nestor” and “The Voyagers.” He shares in regards to the movie: “One thing that has all the time fascinated me about animated cinema is the liberty it provides us to create one thing from scratch. Surreal and weird eventualities and realities can be utilized as a metaphorical device to speak about one thing widespread to us in our extra “actual” actuality.

The total film was just lately launched on The New Yorkeron YouTube and you’ll observe the Portuguese director on Instagram to maintain up along with his upcoming tasks.

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