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09th Dec 2017

Justin Trudeau has just given this new Irish award-winning film a shoutout

Kate Demolder

The film has an approval rating of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie, fresh from the release of her latest film based on the Cambodian Genocide, has been working with Kilkenny-based director Nora Twomey on a new animated feature film The Breadwinner based on the best-selling novel by Deborah Ellis.

Jolie is an executive producer on the film which tells the tale of 11-year-old Parvana, a girl in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, who, following her father’s death, must disguise herself as a boy so she can work to support her family.

The children’s animated film touches on a lot of important issues and has been receiving worldwide praise from all those who’ve seen it. And it seems that the Canadian Prime Minister is one of the show’s biggest fans indeed, as he retweeted a tweet from the film’s Twitter account, announcing that the film was to be aired to even more cinemas across Canada and the US.

The film is set to be on course for Oscar stardom, with The Breadwinner scooping Best Animation by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association; what is usually a decent indicator of success at the upcoming Academy Awards.

Variety called The Breadwinner ”nothing short of exceptional” and Kenneth Turan from the Los Angeles Times  ”in its power and its beauty, The Breadwinner reminds us that animation can be every bit as much of a medium for adults as it is for children.”

The film had its world premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival in September and will make its Irish premiere at ADIFF 2018 on 22 February 2018, at Cineworld Dublin, Parnell Street.

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