Based on a folk tale sometimes called Little Dog Turpie and the Hobyahs / Hobyar men, the animation style is inspired by German Expressionist woodcuts and the drawings of H J Ford in Joseph Jacobs' Fairy Books....
“Margarethe von Trotta’s knack for observing the big picture through the more primal politics of personal relationships works best when she focuses on the latter. In particular, the subtle and drastic power games played by intimate family members bri...
The first movie of the "Berliner Schule" ("La Nouvelle Vague Allemande" Cahiers Du Cinema) that gained international recognition with it being screened in the "Un certain regard"-section of Cannes Film Festival 2004.After the very sparse white on bla...