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| name = Strings |
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| producer = Aage Aaberge <br> Niels Bald <br> Kate Barry <br> Jan Blomgren <br> Mike Downey <br> Rumle Hammerich <br> Axel Helgeland <br> Peter Aalbæk Jensen <br> Sam Lavender <br> Zorana Piggott <br> Sam Taylor <br> Ole Wendorff-Østergaard |
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| starring = [[James McAvoy]]: Hal (English) <br> [[Jonas Karlsson]]: Hal (Swedish) <br> [[Catherine McCormack]]: Zita (English) <br> [[Melinda Kinnaman]]: Zita (Swedish) <br> [[Julian Glover]]: Kahro (English) |
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| director = [[Anders Rønnow Klarlund]] |
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| distributor = BOB Film Sweden AB <br> Bald Film <br> [[Film and Music Entertainment]] <br> Mainstream ApS <br> Nordisk Film <br> Radar Film <br> Sandrew Metronome Distribution <br> Zentropa Entertainments |
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| producer = Niels Bald |
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| writer = [[Naja Marie Aidt]] |
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| story = Anders Rønnow Klarlund |
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| runtime = 91 minutes |
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| starring = {{plainlist| |
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* [[Jens Jacob Tychsen]] |
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* [[Iben Hjejle]] |
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* [[Henning Moritzen]] |
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* [[Jesper Langberg]] |
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| cinematography = {{plainlist| |
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'''''Strings''''' is a mythic [[fantasy film]] about the son of an ostensibly assassinated ruler who sets out to avenge his father but through a series of revelations comes to a much clearer understanding of the conflict between the two peoples concerned. The film was made with [[marionettes]] and the strings are part of the fictional world as life strings. It is famed for its innovative [[cinematography]] and [[scenic design]]. |
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* Kim Hattesen |
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* [[Jan Weincke]] |
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| editing = Leif Axel Kjeldsen |
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| music = Jørgen Lauritsen |
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| studio = {{plainlist| |
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* BOB Film Sweden AB |
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* Bald Film |
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* [[Film and Music Entertainment]] |
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* Mainstream ApS |
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* [[Nordisk Film]] |
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* Radar Film |
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* Sandrew Metronome Distribution |
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* [[Zentropa Entertainments]] |
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}} |
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| distributor = * [[SF Studios|SF Film]] |
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* [[Avex Inc.]] ([[Japan]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eiga.com/movie/33960 | title=ストリングス 愛と絆の旅路 : 作品情報 - 映画.com | access-date=September 7, 2023}}</ref> |
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| released = {{Film date|2004|9|4|[[61st Venice International Film Festival|Venice]]|2005|5|27|United Kingdom|2005|9|5|Denmark|2007|4|28|Japan<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eiga.com/movie/33960 | title=ストリングス 愛と絆の旅路 : 作品情報 - 映画.com | access-date=September 7, 2023}}</ref>|df=y}} |
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| runtime = 91 minutes |
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| country = {{ubl|Denmark|Sweden|Norway|United Kingdom}} |
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| language = Danish<br />English |
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| budget = €3.4 million |
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'''''Strings''''' is a 2004 [[animation|animated]] [[fantasy film]] directed by [[Anders Rønnow Klarlund]] about the son of an ostensibly assassinated ruler who sets out to avenge his father but through a series of revelations comes to a much clearer understanding of the conflict between the two peoples concerned. An [[co-production (media)|international co-production]] by Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom, the film was made with [[marionettes]] and the strings are part of the fictional world as life strings. |
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== The world of ''Strings'' == |
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''Strings'' is directed by [[Denmark|Dane]] [[Anders Rønnow Klarlund]] and is a Danish-Swedish-Norwegian-British co-production. The film has received several awards. |
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The fact that the characters are played by marionettes is incorporated into the film's fictional universe. That is, the characters are literally marionettes. Wide shots of the countryside reveal millions of strings stretching endlessly into the sky, each one representing an individual on earth. Nobody knows how far the strings reach or who is controlling them. As far as the characters know, the strings are controlled by a [[Deity|higher power]]. |
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When a string attached to a moveable limb is severed, it is analogous to amputation; the individual loses the ability to use that body part. Once a string is cut nothing can repair it or bring back to life whatever it was attached to. If the "head string" is cut, it results in permanent death. |
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==The world of ''Strings''== |
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Since nothing can reanimate a body part after its string is cut, repairs to injured individuals must be made using healthy, unsevered parts. An unfortunate collection of poor people and prisoners is kept as a donor class. When a person of royalty or other social importance loses a body part, another is involuntarily taken from a prisoner and replaced with its string intact. |
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The fact that the characters are played by marionettes is incorporated into the movie's fictional universe. That is, the characters are literally marionettes. Wide shots of the countryside reveal millions of strings stretching endlessly into the sky, each one representing an individual on earth. Nobody knows how far the strings reach or who is controlling them. As far as the characters know the strings are controlled by a [[Deity|higher power]]. |
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Prisons are designed around the fact that the strings reach up endlessly into the sky. Rather than cells, the prisoners are confined underneath huge horizontal grids, and the range of mobility allowed by their strings is limited by small square openings in the grid through which the strings are inserted and locked within. |
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When a string attached to a moveable limb is severed, it is analogous to amputation; the individual loses the ability to use that body part. Once a string is cut nothing can repair it or bring back to life whatever it was attached to. If the "head string" is cut it results in permanent death. |
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Instead of giving birth, a couple fashions a new child out of wood. After an unspecified amount of time, a set of luminous new strings gently descends from the sky and is quickly attached to the inanimate infant by the parents. This act immediately and miraculously endows the inert wooden figure with life. |
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Since nothing can reanimate a body part after its string is cut, repairs to injured individuals must be made using healthy, unsevered parts. An unfortunate collection of poor people and prisoners is kept as a donor class. When a person of royalty or other social importance loses a body part, another is involuntarily taken from a prisoner and replaced with its string intact. |
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Later, it is also revealed that some people have discovered the ability to "leap" incredible distances and effectively fly for a short time; essentially this is analogous to the puppeteer jerking on the marionette's string and making it soar through the sky. It is only when the protagonist understands the unity of all living things, and the power of love, that he is able to acquire the skill. |
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Prisons are designed around the fact that the strings reach up endlessly into the sky. Rather than cells, the prisoners are confined underneath huge horizontal grids, and the range of mobility allowed by their strings is limited by small square openings in the grid through which the strings are inserted and locked within. |
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==Plot== |
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Instead of giving birth, a couple fashions a new child out of wood. After an unspecified amount of time a set of luminous new strings gently descends from the sky and is quickly attached to the inanimate infant by the parents. This act immediately and miraculously endows the inert wooden figure with life. |
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A son of a ostensibly assassinated ruler sets out to avenge his father but through a series of revelations comes to a much clearer understanding of the conflict between the two peoples concerned. |
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==Voice cast== |
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Later it is also revealed that some people have discovered the ability to "leap" incredible distances and effectively fly for a short time; essentially this is analogous to the puppeteer jerking on the marionette's string and making it soar through the sky. It is only when the protagonist understands the unity of all living things, and the power of love, that he is able to acquire the skill. |
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! scope="col" | Character |
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! scope="col" | Danish |
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! scope="col" | Swedish |
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! scope="col" | English |
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! scope="col" | Japanese<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eiga.com/movie/33960 | title=ストリングス 愛と絆の旅路 : 作品情報 - 映画.com | access-date=September 7, 2023}}</ref> |
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| scope="row" | Hal |
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| align="left" | [[Jens Jacob Tychsen]] |
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| align="left" | [[Jonas Karlsson]] |
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| align="left" | [[James McAvoy]] |
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| align="left" | [[Tsuyoshi Kusanagi]] |
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| scope="row" | Zita |
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| align="left" | [[Iben Hjejle]] |
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| align="left" | [[Melinda Kinnaman]] |
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| align="left" | [[Catherine McCormack]] |
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| align="left" | [[Miki Nakatani]] |
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| scope="row" | Kahro |
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| align="left" | [[Henning Moritzen]] |
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| align="left" | [[Gösta Bredefeldt]] |
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| align="left" | [[Julian Glover]] |
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| align="left" | [[Masachika Ichimura]] |
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| scope="row" | Nezo |
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| align="left" | [[Jesper Langberg]] |
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| align="left" | [[Sten Ljunggren]] |
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| align="left" | [[Derek Jacobi]] |
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| align="left" | [[Masatō Ibu]] |
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| scope="row" | Ghrak |
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| align="left" | Jens Arentzen |
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| align="left" | Anders Ahlbom Rosendahl |
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| align="left" | [[Ian Hart]] |
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| align="left" | [[Shingo Katori]] |
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| scope="row" | Jhinna |
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| align="left" | Marina Bouras |
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| align="left" | Jasmine Heikura |
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| align="left" | [[Claire Skinner]] |
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| align="left" | [[Yūka (actress)]] |
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| scope="row" | Erito |
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| align="left" | [[Søren Spanning]] |
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| align="left" | [[Niklas Falk]] |
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| align="left" | [[David Harewood]] |
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| align="left" | [[Gekidan Hitori]] |
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| scope="row" | Elke |
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| align="left" | [[Pernille Højmark]] |
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| align="left" | [[Marika Lagercrantz]] |
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| align="left" | [[Samantha Bond]] |
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| align="left" | [[Keiko Toda]] |
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| scope="row" | Agra |
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| align="left" | [[Paul Hüttel]] |
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| align="left" | Måns Westfelt |
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| align="left" | Michael Culkin |
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| align="left" | Katsuya Kobayashi |
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| scope="row" | Daya |
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| align="left" | Ida Hilario Jønsson |
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| align="left" | Hilda Zuber |
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| align="left" | Alexandra Knapp |
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| scope="row" | Xath |
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| align="left" | Lukas Rønnow Klarlund |
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| align="left" | Axel Zuber |
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| align="left" | [[Oliver Golding]] |
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| scope="row" | Lo |
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| align="left" | Rasmus Botoft |
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| align="left" | [[Jimmy Endeley]] |
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==Production== |
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Production on the film began in 2000 and spanned over four years until its release in 2004. Over 200 people worked on the film with a budget of four million euros. |
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*[[James McAvoy]]: Hal (English) |
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**[[Jonas Karlsson]]: Hal (Swedish) |
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***[[Jens Jacob Tychsen]]: Hal (voice) |
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*[[Catherine McCormack]]: Zita (English) |
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**[[Melinda Kinnaman]]: Zita (Swedish) |
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*[[Julian Glover]]: Kahro (English) |
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**[[Henning Moritzen]]: Kahro (voice) |
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*[[Derek Jacobi]]: Nezo (English) |
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**[[Jesper Langberg]]: Nezo (voice) |
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*[[Ian Hart]]: Ghrak (English) |
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*[[Claire Skinner]]: Jhinna (English) |
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**[[Marina Bouras]]: Jhinna (voice) |
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*[[David Harewood]]: Erito (English) |
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**[[Søren Spanning]]: Erito (voice) |
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*[[Samantha Bond]]: Eike (English) |
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**[[Pernille Højmark]]: Eike (voice) |
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*[[Oliver Golding]]: Xath (English) |
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*[[Piers Stubbs]]: Kai (English) |
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*[[Paul Hüttel]]: Agra (voice) |
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==Accolades== |
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==Awards and honours== |
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==Release== |
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The Japanese version was directed by [[Hideaki Anno]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eiga.com/movie/33960 | title=ストリングス 愛と絆の旅路 : 作品情報 - 映画.com | access-date=September 7, 2023}}</ref> and the theme song was "Unexpectedly" by [[Misha Williams]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mishawilliams.com/about | title=ABOUT MISHA | access-date=September 7, 2023}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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*{{IMDb title|id=0374248|title=Strings}} |
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*{{Rotten Tomatoes|strings}} |
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Strings | |
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Directed by | Anders Rønnow Klarlund |
Written by | Naja Marie Aidt |
Story by | Anders Rønnow Klarlund |
Produced by | Niels Bald |
Starring | |
Cinematography |
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Edited by | Leif Axel Kjeldsen |
Music by | Jørgen Lauritsen |
Production companies |
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Distributed by | |
Release dates | |
Running time | 91 minutes |
Countries |
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Languages | Danish English |
Budget | €3.4 million |
Strings is a 2004 animated fantasy film directed by Anders Rønnow Klarlund about the son of an ostensibly assassinated ruler who sets out to avenge his father but through a series of revelations comes to a much clearer understanding of the conflict between the two peoples concerned. An international co-production by Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom, the film was made with marionettes and the strings are part of the fictional world as life strings.
The world of Strings
[edit]The fact that the characters are played by marionettes is incorporated into the film's fictional universe. That is, the characters are literally marionettes. Wide shots of the countryside reveal millions of strings stretching endlessly into the sky, each one representing an individual on earth. Nobody knows how far the strings reach or who is controlling them. As far as the characters know, the strings are controlled by a higher power.
When a string attached to a moveable limb is severed, it is analogous to amputation; the individual loses the ability to use that body part. Once a string is cut nothing can repair it or bring back to life whatever it was attached to. If the "head string" is cut, it results in permanent death.
Since nothing can reanimate a body part after its string is cut, repairs to injured individuals must be made using healthy, unsevered parts. An unfortunate collection of poor people and prisoners is kept as a donor class. When a person of royalty or other social importance loses a body part, another is involuntarily taken from a prisoner and replaced with its string intact.
Prisons are designed around the fact that the strings reach up endlessly into the sky. Rather than cells, the prisoners are confined underneath huge horizontal grids, and the range of mobility allowed by their strings is limited by small square openings in the grid through which the strings are inserted and locked within.
Instead of giving birth, a couple fashions a new child out of wood. After an unspecified amount of time, a set of luminous new strings gently descends from the sky and is quickly attached to the inanimate infant by the parents. This act immediately and miraculously endows the inert wooden figure with life.
Later, it is also revealed that some people have discovered the ability to "leap" incredible distances and effectively fly for a short time; essentially this is analogous to the puppeteer jerking on the marionette's string and making it soar through the sky. It is only when the protagonist understands the unity of all living things, and the power of love, that he is able to acquire the skill.
Plot
[edit]A son of a ostensibly assassinated ruler sets out to avenge his father but through a series of revelations comes to a much clearer understanding of the conflict between the two peoples concerned.
Voice cast
[edit]Character | Danish | Swedish | English | Japanese[3] |
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Hal | Jens Jacob Tychsen | Jonas Karlsson | James McAvoy | Tsuyoshi Kusanagi |
Zita | Iben Hjejle | Melinda Kinnaman | Catherine McCormack | Miki Nakatani |
Kahro | Henning Moritzen | Gösta Bredefeldt | Julian Glover | Masachika Ichimura |
Nezo | Jesper Langberg | Sten Ljunggren | Derek Jacobi | Masatō Ibu |
Ghrak | Jens Arentzen | Anders Ahlbom Rosendahl | Ian Hart | Shingo Katori |
Jhinna | Marina Bouras | Jasmine Heikura | Claire Skinner | Yūka (actress) |
Erito | Søren Spanning | Niklas Falk | David Harewood | Gekidan Hitori |
Elke | Pernille Højmark | Marika Lagercrantz | Samantha Bond | Keiko Toda |
Agra | Paul Hüttel | Måns Westfelt | Michael Culkin | Katsuya Kobayashi |
Daya | Ida Hilario Jønsson | Hilda Zuber | Alexandra Knapp | |
Xath | Lukas Rønnow Klarlund | Axel Zuber | Oliver Golding | |
Lo | Rasmus Botoft | Jimmy Endeley |
Production
[edit]Production on the film began in 2000 and spanned over four years until its release in 2004. Over 200 people worked on the film with a budget of four million euros.
Accolades
[edit]Awards and nominations | ||||
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Ceremony | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
Ale Kino! - International Young Audience Film Festival 2005 | Golden Poznan Goat | Strings | Nominated | |
Emden International Film Festival 2005 | Emden Film Award | Strings | Nominated | |
Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival 2004 | Citizen Kane Award for Best Directorial Revelation | Strings | Won | |
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver - Special Mention | Strings | Won | ||
Best Film | Strings | Nominated | ||
Robert Awards 2006 | Best Children's Film | Strings | Won
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Release
[edit]The Japanese version was directed by Hideaki Anno,[4] and the theme song was "Unexpectedly" by Misha Williams.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "ストリングス 愛と絆の旅路 : 作品情報 - 映画.com". Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "ストリングス 愛と絆の旅路 : 作品情報 - 映画.com". Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "ストリングス 愛と絆の旅路 : 作品情報 - 映画.com". Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "ストリングス 愛と絆の旅路 : 作品情報 - 映画.com". Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "ABOUT MISHA". Retrieved 7 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Strings at IMDb
- Strings at Rotten Tomatoes
- 2004 films
- Danish animated fantasy films
- Norwegian animated fantasy films
- British animated fantasy films
- Swedish animated fantasy films
- 2004 animated films
- 2004 fantasy films
- Marionette films
- 2000s British films
- 2000s Swedish films
- Zentropa films
- Puppet films
- Swedish animated films
- Danish animated films
- British animated feature films
- Norwegian animated films
- English-language Danish films