Boy and the World

Boy and the World
Promotional release poster
Directed byAlê Abreu
Written byAlê Abreu
Produced byTita Tessler
Fernanda Carvalho
StarringVinicius Garcia
Felipe Zilse
Alê Abreu
Lu Horta
Marco Aurélio Campos
Cassius Romero
Edited byAlê Abreu
Music byRuben Feffer
Gustavo Kurlat
Production
company
Filme de Papel
Distributed byEspaço Filmes
Release dates
  • September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20) (OIAF)
  • January 17, 2014 (2014-01-17) (Brazil)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese (spoken backwards)
Box office$277,143[1]

Boy and the World (Portuguese: O Menino e o Mundo) is a 2013 Brazilian animated coming-of-age adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Alê Abreu. The film was created using a mix of both drawing and painting and digital animation.[2] It was nominated at the 88th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature.

  1. ^ "The Boy and the World - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. 6 October 2020.
  2. ^ Jurgens, Genista (13 September 2016). "The Brazilian Illustrator Who Sketched an Oscar-Nominated Feature Film". www.format.com.