Posted on the eve of Christmas but deprived of theatrical release, Avalonia, the end-of-year Disney animated film, is an environmental family adventure that marks a discreet evolution by featuring a gay teenager. In the United States, where it was released in theaters, the film was a distinct disappointment at the box office, considering a budget of $180 million. A sum that notably made it possible to create the lush and fantasized universe of Avalonia, an ecosystem in which a family, the Clades, evolves. Disney transports us to a parallel world with the Strange World trailer Also to see on Konbini , Searcher, is an intrepid explorer who has discovered a mysterious plant that provides clean, inexhaustible energy; the father, Jaeger, a farmer who revolutionized life on Avalonia by farming it; and Ethan, who is hesitant about which way to go. The three will find themselves in a crazy adventure, where they will have to question their certainties in the face of an initially threatening ecosystem, populated by monsters of all kinds, and which they mistakenly think they can master. of the most traditional Disney films, with no real “villain”, the film undermines productivist agriculture, pleads benevolence rather than force, and even takes on anti-species accents. It marks an evolution at Disney with the character of Ethan, in love with another boy. One of the directors, Don Hall, explained to AFP: “The fact that he is gay was part of the DNA of the story, but not the plot itself. It’s not a coming out story, he is as he is, loved by everyone, his grandfather included. […] Disney films have a big impact around the world, it is essential that they reflect people [tels qu’ils sont, ndlr], even when it comes to imaginary worlds: our world is diverse.”A subsidiary of Disney, Pixar had already featured a furtive kiss between two female characters in its latest film Buzz Lightyear. A dozen Muslim countries had banned its release. In France, Avalonia will be available from Friday for Disney+ subscribers. The entertainment empire, unhappy with the media timeline system that protects cinemas by regulating how films can be shown next, has decided not to release it in France. For its next film, Disney is shying away from cinemas French Families will still have enough to attend theaters during the end-of-year holidays, between Avatar: The Way of the Water, DreamWorks’ Puss in Boots 2 or, on the French side, the return of Ernest and Célestine. Prohibited to Jafar, Hades and Ursula: the impossible quiz on Disney animated classics
