The Boxtrolls (The Boxtrolls)
Directed by: Graham Annable, Anthony StacchiCast list:
Country: USA
Year: 2014
Genres: Adventure / Comedy / Animation /
Runtime: 97 min.
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The film is based upon the children's novel 'Here Be Monsters' by Alan Snow. The Boxtrolls are a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of a city called Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher, comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls and rule the whole city, Eggs decides to venture above ground and "into the light". There he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie. Together, they devise a daring plan to save The BoxTrolls family.
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Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) /
Topics: education in human values / children, children’s rights / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
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