Movie

Rouxelle and the Pirates

75 min

A gentle, brisk animated adventure about a small lie that snowballs, mixing warm village charm with mild peril and a reassuring lesson about honesty.

Directed by: Isabelle Favez
Genres: Animation, Family

Overview: Rouxelle and her parents have just moved to a new village. None of the local children her age can read yet, so to impress them she boasts that she can read, but this is a lie. When the children find a bottle containing a map and a mysterious message, they look to Rouxelle to translate it for them. In a panic, she guesses the meaning, and says it will lead them to find treasure. But as they go exploring and end up separated and in danger, they find out Rouxelle wasn’t telling the truth.

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Directed by: Isabelle Favez
Genres: Animation, Family

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
identity
coming-of-age
deception
survival
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	4

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