When she was still little, her father was Dalia's hero, and that he was a writer was a source of special fasciantion. So far he had only written short stories, but now he wanted to work on his first novel, and to Dalia's delight he let her create a character - which she choose to be a stoic fighter goat logically named Goat. Dad has since died though with his novel never finished, and since then, mom hasn't let the now freshly teenaged Dalia into his srudy. But one day, Dalia finds the door to the study ajar and can't help to peek in - and find her dad's manuscript for the novel - unfortunately in a notebook with a lock. To find out how to open it, Dalia takes a trip to the library to find somebody who might help her open the notebook. At the same time though, characters from the unfinished book, led by the female wolf Wolf, come to the real world to find their dreator and get to finishe their story. And since the original writer's dead, his daughter't the next best thing. Once in the novel though, she's saved by her creation, Goat, who teaches her how to write herself out of any situation, and learn plenty about her dad the writer and the creative process as such in the process. That said, Wolf and her minions are hot on her heels as they want to use her powers to their ends ...

Now this is quite a fascinating piece of animation as it works both as a colouful family-friendly fantasy film and a meditation on the creative process as such - and is of course full of metaphors on that subject. But the reason this film actually works quite so well as both is that it shows detailed world building featuring wonderful creations and beautiful backdrops that betray the very rich imagination of its makers. It's pretty much a movie that will leave one's mouth agape for most of the time, and as a result it's quite an awesome cinematic voyage.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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