Beyond Beyond

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Beyond Beyond
English version film poster
SwedishResan till Fjäderkungens Rike
Directed byEsben Toft Jacobsen
Screenplay by
  • Jannik Tai Mosholt
  • Esben Toft Jacobsen
Produced byPetter Lindblad
Starring
Music byNicklas Schmidt
Production
companies
Distributed byCopenhagen Bombay Sverige AB
Release dates
Running time
78 minutes
Countries
  • Sweden
  • Denmark
LanguageSwedish

Beyond Beyond (Swedish: Resan till Fjäderkungens Rike), is a 2014 computer-animated comedy-drama film directed by the Danish animator Esben Toft Jacobsen.[1][2] The movie had its world premiere on 10 February 2014 at the Berlin International Film Festival.[3]

Plot

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Jonah is a little rabbit boy whose life is torn apart when his beloved mother is taken away by the Feather King to the afterlife after she develops a bad cough. Unwilling to accept that his mother is gone, Jonah plots to travel to the other side and bring her back. He finally gains his chance when an old dog Bill gives Jonah his ticket to the afterlife.

Cast

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Character Swedish voice actor Danish voice actor English voice actor
Johan Edvin Ryding Pelle Falk Krusbæk Evan Lee (also known online by his YouTube alias EvanTubeHD)
Johan's mother Tuva Novotny Søs Egelind Ambyr Childers
Johan's father Gustaf Hammarsten Lars Brygmann Cary Elwes
The Feather King Lennart Jähkel Flemming Quist Møller Patrick Warburton
The Captain Sissela Kyle Søs Egelind Emily Deschanel
Bill Leif Andrée Søs Egelind Jon Heder

Reception

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Variety wrote that the creative team behind Beyond Beyond "invent an elaborate mythology around an impressive figure called the Feather King, who guards the realm where Johan, the little rabbit boy, must venture, though the trip proves too dark and complicated for family crowds, limiting export prospects."[4] Common Sense Media also commented upon the film's themes and expressed concern that they might be too dark for younger audiences.[5] Dove marked Beyond Beyond with their "Family Approved" seal and wrote that it was "a charming little story about the loss of a loved one and how that loss effects others."[6]

The SVT Nyheter Norrbotten praised the movie's 3D environment and compared it to works by Hayao Miyazaki, but also felt that the film's premise was too confusing.[7]

References

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