''Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon'' () is a 2018 Norwegian
stop motion
Stop-motion (also known as stop frame animation) is an animated filmmaking and special effects technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exh ...
animated film
Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...
directed by
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 Municipality in Hed ...
.
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at ''Cineuropa'', the best of European cinema. Retrieved 12 December 2021. A sequel to ''
Solan og Ludvig – Herfra til Flåklypa'' (2015), it is the fourth and so far final stop motion animated film based on Aukrust's
Flåklypa 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
(; ; stylized as in the masthead) is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation as well as Norway's newspaper of record. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 daily copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen ...
''. Retrieved 12 December 2021. and the fifth film overall. The film is a co-production between Qvisten Animation and
Maipo Film
Maipo Film is a Norwegian film production company founded in 2000. It created the Oscar-nominated film "Elling" (2001), starring Per Christian Ellefsen (Elling), Sven Nordin (Kjell Bjarne), Marit Pia Jacobsen (Reidun), Jørgen Langhelle (Frank Åsl ...
, 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:
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Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
* Kari-Ann Grønsund as Louis Gundersen
* Trond Høvik as Luca
* Sjølsvik as Reodor Felgen
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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
Steinar Sagen (born 24 February 1975) is a Norwegian comedian, radio host and actor. He is one of the presenters of '' Radioresepsjonen.''
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Norwegian male film actors
Norwegian male ...
as Emanuel Desperados
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Fridtjov Såheim
Fridtjov Såheim (born 2 July 1968) is a Norwegian stage director, stage actor and film actor.
Biography
Såheim has worked for the theatres Den Nationale Scene, Rogaland Teater and Nationaltheatret. Among his characters is the title role in ...
as Ollvar O. Kleppvold
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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 ...
as Frimand Pløsen
* Christine Hope as Nyhetsoppleser
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Ingar Helge Gimle
Ingar Helge Gimle (born 28 September 1956) is a Norwegian actor. Born in Oslo, he made his stage debut at Trøndelag Teater in 1985. He was employed at Oslo Nye Teater from 1989 and at the National Theatre of Norway from 1996.
For his stage wor ...
as Vigfus Skonken
Production
The film received a funding grant of 15.5 million
Norwegian krone
The krone (, currency sign, abbreviation: kr (also NKr for distinction); ISO 4217, code: NOK), plural ''kroner'', is the currency of the Kingdom of Norway (including List of possessions of Norway, overseas territories and dependencies). It was t ...
(US$1.7 million) from the
Norwegian Film Institute
The Norwegian Film Institute () 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 form the "'new' Norweg ...
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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Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon' at
Filmweb.no (in Norwegian)
Films directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen
2018 films
Moon in film
Norwegian animated films
2010s stop-motion animated films
2010s Norwegian-language films
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