''Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon'' ( no, Månelyst i Flåklypa, Moonlight in Flåklypa) is a 2018 Norwegian stop motion

animated film Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...

directed by

Rasmus A. Sivertsen Rasmus Andre SivertsenFanthomas på alle skjermer
15 May 2009. (in N ...

from a screenplay by Karsten Fullu, based on the characters by

Kjell Aukrust Kjell Aukrust (19 March 1920 – 24 December 2002) was a Norwegian author, poet, artist and humorist. Aukrust is principally known for his Flåklypa stories and Flåklypa drawings. Personal life Aukrust was born in Alvdal in Hedmark, Norway as ...

.Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon
at ''Cineuropa'', the best of European cinema. Retrieved 12 December 2021. A sequel to ''

Solan og Ludvig – Herfra til Flåklypa Solan is a city in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and the district headquarters of Solan district. It is located south of the state capital, Shimla. Solan has an average elevation of . The city is situated between Chandigarh (joint capi ...

'' (2015), it is the third and possibly final stop motion animated film based on Aukrust's

Flåklypa ''The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix'' ( no, Flåklypa Grand Prix) is a 1975 Norwegian stop-motion-animated feature film directed by Ivo Caprino. It is based on characters from a series of books by Norwegian cartoonist and author Kjell Aukrust. It is th ...

universe,Nordengen, Eivind M. (29 November 2018
Analysen: Månelyst i Flåklypa (2018)
(in Norwegian). ''Montages.no''. Retrieved 12 December 2021.Rogne, May Synnøve (19 September 2018
«Månelyst i Flåklypa:» Trygg månelanding for Solan og Ludvig
(in Norwegian). '' Aftenposten''. Retrieved 12 December 2021. and the fifth film overall. The film is a co-production between Qvisten Animation and Maipo Film, and was released in Norway on 21 September 2018, distributed by Nordic Film Distribution. It grossed $4,957,487 worldwide and was met with generally positive reviews.

Premise

Louis and Reodor decide to build a rocket to fly to the Moon on behalf of Norway, with the help of Vigfus Skonken. However, Vigfus secretly wants to collect the Moon dust, which contains a rare substance he calls "Vigfusium".

Voice cast

The Norwegian voice cast for the film:Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon
Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 12 December 2021. * Kari-Ann Grønsund as Louis Gundersen * Trond Høvik as Luca * Sjølsvik as Reodor Felgen *

Hege Schøyen Hege Schøyen (born 22 May 1957, in Oslo) is a Norwegian singer, actor and comedian. She has played at the Oslo revue theatre Chat Noir and at Nationaltheatret. She was television presenter for the youth program series ''Midt i smørøyet'' at th ...

as Enkefru Stengelføhn-Glad * Steinar Sagen as Emanuel Desperados *

Fridtjov Såheim Fridtjov Såheim (born 2 July 1968) is a Norwegian stage director, stage actor and film actor. He has worked for the theatres Den Nationale Scene, Rogaland Teater and Nationaltheatret. Among his characters is the title role in ''Woyzeck'', and t ...

as Ollvar O. Kleppvold *

Bjarte Hjelmeland Bjarte Hjelmeland (born 24 February 1970) is a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He was born in Bergen. He made his stage debut in 1991 at Oslo Nye Teater, and also had notable roles at the National Theatre, Rogaland Teater, Torshovteatret, ...

as Olram Slåpen * John Brungot as Melvind Snerken *

Kåre Conradi Kåre Conradi (born 11 January 1972) is a Norwegian actor. Conradi was born in Asker and he is a graduate of the Norwegian Theatre Academy and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He made his stage debut at Oslo Nye Teater in 1989, was e ...

as Frimand Pløsen * Christine Hope as Nyhetsoppleser * Ingar Helge Gimle as Vigfus Skonken

Production

The film received a funding grant of 15.5 million

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(US$1.7 million) from the

Norwegian Film Institute The Norwegian Film Institute ( no, Norsk filminstitutt) was founded in 1955 to support and develop the Norwegian film industry. On 1 April 2008, it was merged with Norwegian Film Fund, Norwegian Film Development, and Norwegian Film Commission to ...

in September 2015, contributing to its total budget of 47 million krone (US$5.2 million). The entire film took 120,000 still images.

Release

''Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon'' was released in Norway on 21 September 2018. It opened with $1,098,555, for a total gross of $4,838,873 from 422,796 admissions, making it the second highest-grossing film in Norway from 2018. It had a worldwide gross of $4,957,487. Critically, the film received positive reviews, with particular praise aimed at its humour and animation, but with criticisms focused on its conventionality.Smagge, Patrica
Solan & Ludwig gaan naar de maan – Månelyst i Flåklypa (2018)
(in Dutch). ''CineMagazine''. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

References

External links

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