Let’s Binge: Candide

105 minutes
Let’s Binge: Candide

This open-minded adaptation set in the 21st century is your chance to rethink Voltaire’s masterpiece, Candide.

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2019

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Candide

Candide

  • Zsuzsanna Kreif
  • Hungary, 0
  • 82 min.

Is there anyone out there who has not heard of Candide? Yet, who made an effort to really understand Voltaire’s masterpiece? Here is a chance to rethink the original book, and get an open-minded adaptation set in the 21th century. Let the eternal questions disturb the silence of your sofa. Devastating love, 2D blood, cheat and hunt! Follow the 3 protagonists – Candide, his guru Pangloss and the irresistable Cunegonde – in their global travel through wars, endangered rainforests, immigration zones, hidden genetic labs, apocalypse, space mission and talent shows. The series is in line with the popular shows like South Park, Bojack Horseman, Rick and Morty, or Mr. Bean. 91 minutes of witty fun and amazing graphic design.