Netflix produces a huge number of series and movies. And the truth is that, with few honorable exceptions, many of the latter are quite generic and forgettable. However, the film that we bring today is nothing like that. Its trailer shows that it is one of the most disturbing and a true work of animation art. get ready, because it will arrive soon the house and we tell you everything that is known about her.
The truth is that many movies produced by Netflix they look like those tv-movies of fast consumption that you forget at the same speed. However, recently we were able to see the trailer for The House y Those of us who love animation have been captivated.
It's been a year since the news of Netflix commissioning a group of four short film directors award-winning, innovative and experts in animation, with which we had a lot of interest in this film.
Of course, the trailer is a visual marvel and I cross my fingers that the movie lives up to it. The advance promises and worries in equal parts.
What is the Netflix movie The House about
The House opens on January 14, 2022 and it is a film formed by three stories that revolve around a disturbing house. This will become the home of different protagonists in each narrative, over time.
Animated using the technique of stop motion, these are the arguments of each story (without gutting anything, don't worry).
In the first chapter, set in the XNUMXth century, we will meet the impoverished Raymond, who meets a mysterious benefactor who promises to restore him and his family to their former status. However, they will soon learn that desires are double-edged.
the second story brings us to the present, in which a harried real-estate developer tries to make a quick buck after a home renovation. However, some disturbing guests that he does not expect have other plans.
the third story travel to the future. In it, the house survives in a vastly changed landscape. There, Rosa is a young landlady determined to stay in her beloved dilapidated home and restore it back to her former glory. But that sight of her blinds her to imminent change.
Who are the directors of The House
The incredible atmosphere and animation techniques are provided by 4 directors.
The first part of the film is directed by Emma DeSwaef y Marc James Roels. Both had huge success in 2018 with their short, Ce magnificent gateau! with an animation identical to the one they print to their story in The House.
It was selected in the Cannes Directors' Fortnight and at the Toronto, Telluride and Animation Is Film. In addition, it earned them several awards, the André-Martin at Annecy and the award for best animated film at the OIAF, along with an Annie Award nomination.
The second chapter comes from the hand of the Swedish director and animator Niki Lindroth von Bahr.
its short The Burden (2017) also won an award at Annecy and at the Toronto Festival. Magazine Variety it ranked her in the top ten animation talent the following year.
Dove Baeza, the Mexican director of poles apart, another multi-awarded short with a BAFTA and an Annie trophy, signs the last part and shared list in Variety in 2018 with Lindroth.
As we can see, Netflix has gone fishing for talent in the most select environments of short films and festivals. And the truth is that, at least the progress, is very attractive.