Retelling stories through animation
Story telling has been an interesting and entertaining past time throughout the history of mankind. It may be the Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Muhammad. Teachers of religions and gurus have used stories to enlighten and unravel mysteries of life and its realities. Cinema itself is storytelling and many films have been made based on myths, epics and legends from world history.
‘Moana’, is one such story borrowed from Polynesian mythology and made into a 3D computer-animated fantasy and it is now being screened at Majestic cinema Colombo.
Co-directed by Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall and Chris Williams, the fantasy adventure is produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.
The film features the voices of Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger and Alan Tudyk.
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain’s daughter’s island, she answers the Ocean’s call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
Moana Waialiki is a sea voyaging enthusiast and the only daughter of a chief in a long line of navigators. When her island’s fisherman can’t catch any fish and the crops fail, she learns that the demigod Maui caused the blight by stealing the heart of the goddess Te Fiti. The only way to heal the island is to persuade Maui to return Te Fiti’s heart, so Moana sets off on an epic journey across the Pacific.
Along the way, Moana discovers the one thing she always sought: her own identity.