Son of the White Mare isn’t just old hat; the simultaneously geometric and fluid animation renders each mythic trope totally new.
Son of the White Mare(Fehérlófia)
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Hungary · 1981
1h 21m
Director Marcell Jankovics
Starring György Cserhalmi, Pap Vera, Gyula Szabó, Mari Szemes
Genre Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
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One of the great psychedelic masterpieces of animation. Three heroes, Treeshaker and his two brothers, born of a white mare, listen to the old tales about the Forefather and the end of his reign, wrought by evil dragons. They embark on a dazzling and epic quest to save the universe.
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Paste Magazine by Andrew Crump
Son of the White Mare must be seen to be believed, but mostly it just needs to be seen.
This movie unfolds like artwork etched into a cave wall and brought to restless life by an unclassifiable spell that only cinema can muster.
The Film Stage by Matt Cipolla
The movie is a myth. It’s also an emblem of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, a fluid piece with a perspective so spatially and temporally unstuck that its shortcomings don’t hurt it too much.
Austin Chronicle by Richard Whittaker
As a narrative work, it undeniably drags: but then, that's not really its intent. This is a spectacle to be absorbed and analyzed.
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