After making sure she is snug in bed, he goes to search for it, and finds the doll has been ruined by the snow. This is the gorgeously animated story of an unlikely friendship between a bear, ernest, and a mouse named celestine. Ernest and celestine is beautiful to look at, but failed to impress me in any other field. It also contains production drawings, early animated studies and interviews with the french actors supplying voices. Books by gabrielle vincent author of ernest and celestine. Ernest and celestine go to the circus where ernest was once a clown and. Ernest and celestine s roof has started leaking, so they need to earn some money to repair it. Ernest voiced by forest whitaker is a penniless bear who lives on the margins of the world above. A series of picture books to delight juvenile readers. The first two are also the directors of one of my favorites, a town called panic.
Ernest et celestine is a 2012 francobelgian animated comedydrama film directed by stephane aubier, vincent patar and benjamin renner. Their unlikely friendship begins when celestine convinces ernest not to eat her for breakfast. Once celestine, left, and ernest get over their mutual distrust, an increasingly devoted friendship blooms. This french charmer revoiced for english audiences with an allstar cast has the look and feel of a lovingly illustrated and oftperused old childrens book, and serves. You can find many of them on the goodreads website. Ernest, a bear, lives with celestine, a mouse, and these are their adventures. All of gabrielle vincents books about ernest and celestine are adorable. Dvd contains the feature film in standard definition and a limited selection of special features.
The friendship between a mouse named celestine, who is being groomed for a career in dentistry, and the bear ernest, a musician and poet, is beautifully rendered in pen and watercolor drawings. The movie was nominated at the oscars 2014 and won the cesar the same year. My six year old and i watched the recently released movie titled ernest and celestine, a movie vaguely loosely sort of kind of inspired by this charming book, a movie that used the same species and names as the original and. Ernest and celestine is a dreamlike, sweet animated feature. Ernest buys an assortment of appealing substitutes, but none is adequate. The books have simple stories, titles like celestine and ernest s picnic, and vincents enchanting illustrations, which are characterized by graceful lines, muted colors and blurred. Explore the film and the book series that inspired its creation. But ernest, a big bear, a clown and musician who lives on the fringes of bear society, nonetheless welcomes little celestine into his home. I enjoyed the immediacy achieved by telling the story entirely in dialogue. He earns his living playing the accordion and performing in the streets. They will do so through the description of the movie poster.
Unlike her fellow mice, celestine is an artist and a dreamer and when she nearly ends up as breakfast for ursine troubadour ernest, the two form an. The movie poster oi wp in this activity, students will discover the main characters for the first time. Ernest and celestine is the creation of french directors stephane aubier, vincent patar, and benjamin renner. It zips breezily from ernests improvised busking routine all of which amounts to feed me, dammit to a wild chase routine in which rat cops blur into an amorphous, intimidating, manyheaded blob. But ernest, a big bear, a clown and musician who lives on the fringes of bear society. Directed by stephane aubier, vincent patar, benjamin renner. Another cute ernest and celestine book, with ernest doing his best to turn a negative situation a rainy day into a positive one lets have a picnic anyway. Mar 14, 2014 the books have simple stories, titles like celestine and ernests picnic, and vincents enchanting illustrations, which are characterized by graceful lines, muted colors and blurred. The story of an unlikely friendship between a bear, ernest, and a young mouse named celestine. Though grumpy, he possesses a tender heart that once dreamed of becoming a poet or musician, while his parents would have liked him to be a judge. With forest whitaker, lambert wilson, pauline brunner, mackenzie foy.
Its openly funny, in a wry, unpredictable way familiar from a town called panic. Ernest and celestine by gabrielle vincent, 9781846471773, available at. Gabrielle vincents most popular book is ernest and celestine. Noel chez ernest et celestine les albums dernest et. Ernest is a bear who marches to the beat of his own drum. The film is based on a series of childrens books of the same name published by the belgian author and illustrator gabrielle vincent.
There is also an english dub that was released on 28 february 2014, with the. But buying her all the toys in the town cant replace simeon, so ernest sets to work on a new plan. Marginalized in their respective societies, ernest and celestine meet through a chance encounter at a. Deep below snowy, cobblestone streets, tucked away in networks of winding subterranean tunnels, lives a civilization of hardworking mice. Ernest and celestine s picnic by gabrielle vincent. Ernest, a bear, and celestine, a mouse, lose celestine s stuffed bird in the snow. Ernest and celestine note bluray contains the feature film in high definition and a selection of special features. Celestine the mouse and ernest the bear go for a walk in the snow. A simple animation with a great storyline can be very appealing. Ernest and celestine is a charming hand drawn animation that tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a musical bear and an artistic mouse.
Ernest i absolutely love the illustrations in the ernest and celestine books and think celestine is lovely and kind. The film was released in december 2012 in france and belgium and won a cesar french oscars for best animated film and quite a few other international prizes. So, in contrast to the film, in vincents books the storyworld is one. Academy award nominee best animated feature and featuring the voices of forest whitaker, mackenzie foy, and more. Each little mouse has a quota to meet and if you come up short, you will be very, very sorry. The bear and mouse societies condemn their friendship.
The movie was charming, but very different from this sweet and simple book. But its also a forbidden relationship in a land where the distinct communities of mice and bears fear each other, and matters are certain to take an unfortunate turn. Ernest and celestine english sub gabrielle vincent. Ernest and celestine by gabrielle vincent goodreads. Gabrielle vincent has 81 books on goodreads with 2644 ratings. Choose three words to describe the kind of story told in ernest and celestine s picnic. Ernest meticulously recreates gideon from celestine s vivid recollection, resulting in the perfect happy christmas gift. Ernest, a bear, and celestine, a mouse, lose celestines stuff. Buy ernest and celestine by gabrielle vincent, sam alexander isbn. Celestine is a young mouse, and ernest is an adult bear, and they are the best of friends.
As ernest prepares to hibernate, celestine goes in search of the perfect ingredients to make him a batch of yummy cookies. Deep below snowy, cobblestone streets, tucked away in networks of winding subterranean tunnels, lives a civilization of hardworking mice, terrified of the bears who live above ground. Celestine is ernests best friend, so when she loses her beloved toy penguin, simeon, ernest does everything he can to cheer her up. Gabrielle vincent ernest, a bear, and celestine, a mouse, lose celestine s stuffed bird in the snow.
The film is based on a series of childrens books of the same name published. Gabrielle vincent is wonderful, and ernest and celestine are two of the sweetest characters in childrens literature. Based on the beautiful books and the successful oscar nominated feature film. Although the world of the bears sits directly above the underground mouse city, contact between the two populations is strictly forbidden.
Mar 14, 2014 in some cities, ernest and celestine is being released in both a subtitled version, utilizing french actors, and a dubbed version, voiced by such actors as forest whitaker as ernest and. Buy a cheap copy of ernest and celestine book by gabrielle vincent. Feb, 2018 as ernest prepares to hibernate, celestine goes in search of the perfect ingredients to make him a batch of yummy cookies. There are over twenty entries in the ernest and celestine series, first published. Based on the books by gabrielle vincent ernest and celestine. Unlike her fellow mice, celestine is an artist and a dreamer and when she nearly ends up as. There isnt any backstory as to why ernest is caring for celestine as he would his own daughter, but it doesnt really matter why.
Buy ernest and celestine by gabrielle vincent online at alibris. Ernest loves celestine like a daughter, so when she loses her beloved toy penguin, simeon, ernest does everything he can to cheer her up. Ernest and celestine by benjamin renner, vincent patar and stephane aubier. This film is a good example of where animation doesnt have to be complicated like 3d and other effects. Ernest and celestine, by gabrielle vincent, is an excellent example of a book that is out of print but shouldnt be. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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