Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon

Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon
NorwegianMånelyst i Flåklypa
Directed byRasmus A. Sivertsen
Screenplay byKarsten Fullu
Produced byCornelia Boysen
Synnøve Hørsdal
Edited byRasmus A. Siversten
Zaklina Stojcevska
Music byKnut Avenstroup Haugen[1]
Production
companies
Qvisten Animation
Maipo Film
Distributed byNordic Film Distribution
Release date
  • 21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)
Running time
80 minutes[2]
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian
Budget47 million NOK[3]
Box office$4,957,487

Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon (Norwegian: Månelyst i Flåklypa, lit. 'Moonlight in Flåklypa') is a 2018 Norwegian stop motion animated film directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen from a screenplay by Karsten Fullu, based on the characters by Kjell Aukrust.[4][5] A sequel to Solan og Ludvig – Herfra til Flåklypa (2015), it is the third and final stop motion animated film based on Aukrust's Flåklypa universe,[5][6] 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.[7] 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:[7]

Production

The film received a funding grant of 15.5 million Norwegian krone (US$1.7 million) from the Norwegian Film Institute in September 2015, contributing to its total budget of 47 million krone (US$5.2 million).[3][8] The entire film took 120,000 still images.[9]

Release

Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon was released in Norway on 21 September 2018.[4] 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.[10] It had a worldwide gross of $4,957,487.[11] Critically, the film received positive reviews, with particular praise aimed at its humour and animation, but with criticisms focused on its conventionality.[5][6][12]

References

  1. ^ Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon at Radio Times. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. ^ «Solan y Eri, misión a la Luna», película familiar con una divertida aventura espacial, 5 December 2019. (in Spanish). LaButaca. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b Solan og Ludvig – Månelyst i Flåklypa. (in Norwegian). Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon at Cineuropa, the best of European cinema. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Nordengen, Eivind M. (29 November 2018) Analysen: Månelyst i Flåklypa (2018). (in Norwegian). Montages.no. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. ^ a b Rogne, May Synnøve (19 September 2018) «Månelyst i Flåklypa:» Trygg månelanding for Solan og Ludvig. (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon. Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  8. ^ Norsk films oppslutning på kino i 2018. (in Norwegian). Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  9. ^ Tunheim, Helga (30 November 2017) Flåklypa-regissør: – Blir rart å skiljast frå Solan og Ludvig. (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  10. ^ Facts and Figures 2018. Norwegian Film Institute. p. 3. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  11. ^ Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon at Box Office Mojo, an IMDb company. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  12. ^ Smagge, Patrica: Solan & Ludwig gaan naar de maan – Månelyst i Flåklypa (2018). (in Dutch). CineMagazine. Retrieved 12 December 2021.