Moomins on the Riviera

Moomins on the Riviera
International Theatrical Release Poster
Directed byXavier Picard
Written byLeslie Stewart
Annina Enckell
Hanna Hemilä
Xavier Picard
Beata Harju
Based onMoomin
by Tove Jansson
Lars Jansson
Produced byHanna Hemilä
Starring
CinematographyXavier Picard
Edited byThomas Belair
Rodolphe Ploquin
Music by
Production
companies
Handle Productions
Pictak Cie
Sandman Animation Studio
Moomin Characters
Cartoon Network
Distributed byNordisk Film (Finland)
Gebeka Films (France)
Vertigo Films (United Kingdom; theatrical)
Lionsgate (United Kingdom; home video)
Release dates
  • 10 October 2014 (2014-10-10) (Finland)
  • 4 February 2015 (2015-02-04) (France)
Running time
80 minutes
CountriesFrance
Finland
LanguagesEnglish
Finnish
Budget€3.6 million[1]
(US$4 million)
Box office$2.2 million[2]

Moomins on the Riviera (Finnish title: Muumit Rivieralla) is a 2014 Finnish-French[3] animated family comedy film directed by Xavier Picard and produced by Hanna Hemilä,[4] who is also co-director. The film is based on Moomin comic strips by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson.

The film is a co-production of Finnish Handle Productions, French Pictak Cie and Chinese Sandman Animation Studio. Written by Leslie Stewart, Annina Enckell, Hanna Hemilä, Xavier Picard and Beata Harju, the English version of the film stars Russell Tovey as Moomin, Nathaniel Parker as Moominpappa and Tracy-Ann Oberman as Moominmamma. The film is based on the Moomin Tove Jansson's original comic strip: Moomin on the Riviera and it is the first animated feature based on the comic strips.[5]

In the film, the Moomins along with Snorkmaiden and Little My sail for the Riviera, where their unity is threatened. Snorkmaiden is dazzled by the attentions of the playboy Clark Tresco and Moominpappa befriends an aristocrat called Marquis Mongaga, while Moomin and Moominmamma decide to move to the beach in order to escape all the glamorous extravagance.[6] Moomins on the Riviera was released theatrically on 10 October 2014 in Finland to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tove Jansson's birth.[7] In the United Kingdom, the film made its premiere on 11 October 2014 at BFI London Film Festival[8] and it had a wider theatrical release on 22 May 2015.[9]

  1. ^ Jensen, Jorn Rossing (6 May 2013). "Return of the Moomins, now in search of adventure on the Riviera". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference AMBringsToronto was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Julkku, Mari (23 April 2014). "Moomins on the Riviera:Finnish Feature on Tove Jansson's Characters". Zippy Frames. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. ^ [1] Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine. helsinkitimes.fi (30 October 2014). Retrieved on 21 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Moomins on the Riviera - Synopsis". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nordiskfilm was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Moomins on the Riviera". Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Trailer for 'Moomins on the Riviera' Released". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.