Focus on Nukufilm: Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange: A Rapid Love Story 3D

75 minutes

A fruitier version of Romeo and Juliet and a socially critical acid trip.

Focus on Nukufilm: Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange: A Rapid Love Story 3D

A movie full of rebellion and love, Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange, a Rapid Love Story is a feature-length musical that has the colourful flair of an acid trip. This 3D film deals in a socially critical manner with the topic of illegal immigrants fleeing from Africa to Europe, but it's also a sweet love story between orange boy Maroc - a singing boat refugee - and lemon girl Lisa, who collects singing seashells and dreams about love. Best described as a fruitier version of Romeo and Juliet, this Estonian delight is an animated operatic extravaganza. 

Nukufilm is the oldest still-running stop-motion company in the world! It was established in 1957 and is located in Tallinn, Estonia.

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2022

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Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange, A Rapid Love Story 3D

Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange, A Rapid Love Story 3D

  • Mait Laas
  • Estonia, 2013
  • 73 min.

Main hero is a singing boat refugee – orange boy Maroc. He dreams about freedom. Lemon girl Lisa collects singing seashells and dreams about love. Lisa’s father is a businessman, owner of a ketchup factory and tomato plantation. He loves money. And so the opera begins: Poor Maroc escapes from his homeland and defying stormy waters take a boat across the sea to the “promised land”. Upon arrival he is forced being a slave worker in a tomato plantation instead of freedom, democracy, wealth and parties he had hoped for. Despite of initial let down our orange boy is destined to gain happiness – selfish Lisa falls in love with him and sets him free. We see orange revolution – houses are blown up and tomatoes are made from ketchup, all in the name of democracy! Movie that is full of rebellion and love has happy ending – we will see sour-sweet culmination of lemon girl’s and orange boy’s love.