Maria, Mirabella
Maria, Mirabella
| 03 March 1982 (USA)
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Two little girls - Maria and Mirabella - go to the woods for a walk and encounter several magical characters, among them a frog with his feet frozen in ice, a fireworm whose shoes keep catching fire, and a butterfly who's afraid of flying. To help their new friends, the girls must carry them to a sorceress who lives deep in the forest.

Reviews
CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!
SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Kirpianuscus after decades, its force of seduction remains the same. fascinating, nice, touching , lovely musical and admirable proof of Ion Popescu Gopo genius. nothing surprising. because it is a brilliant reflections of the childhood. and inspired meet between actors and animation. sure, it is result of the collaboration between Soviet and Romanian artistic teams. but, in same measure, it is a wise exploration of magic as tool for discover fundamental social values . and this does it special. and, sure, seductive.
Armand one remarkable films by Ion Popescu Gopo, it is a fairy-tale and a nice moral lesson. a beautiful product of Romanian school of animation, part of Romanian - Soviet collaboration, it is full of grace, seductive and amusing. the influences of Wizard of Oz or Romanian fairy - tales gives more charm to adventures of Maria and Mirabela. and, for present public, the meeting with first steps of extraordinary Medeea Marinescu and Gopo "the Great" are unique events. spectacular is fresh emotion after so many years ago. and the flavor of songs, as taste of bread slice in holiday at grandparents.all is magic - result of imagination, technical solutions, the music, each detail. and the joy of child in adult of present.
zloi-1 Along with the "Priklyucheniya Buratino (TV)" this movie holds the first place in my "Greatest Films Of All Times And Peoples" top. "Mulholland Drive" and "Donnie Darko" are the second and the third places accordingly. Divine music score. The fairytale is almost unique for there are no evil characters in the story. The best choice for kids. A pleasure to watch for grownups.
raduluc In this fairytale combination of human acting and cartoons, two sisters of opposite character have to find in themselves the goodness to help each other and the friends they make in this good vs. evil adventure.It had an excellent musical score that might prove, given larger audiences, that opera singers and great orchestras are not necessary for the creation of charming auditory treats.If Americans had their Disney, Romanians had I.P. Gopo :)