Search Film, Company, People...

RICHARD THE STORK

By Toby GENKEL, Reza MEMARI

PARADIS FILMS - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, FRANCE

Animation - Completed 2016

Richard - a sparrow - is adopted by and grows up with a stork family, convinced he is himself a stork; problems arise when the storks, as migratory birds, leave for Africa to spend the winter. He wants to go, too, and starts hitchhiking through Europe, by bus, train and boat, joined by an eccentric owl and a narcissistic, disco-singing parakeet, to prove to his stork family that he's a stork.

- Year of production
- 2016
- Genres
- Animation
- Countries
- GERMANY, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, NORWAY
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- N/A
- Duration
- 85 mn
- Director(s)
- Toby GENKEL, Reza MEMARI
- Writer(s)
- Reza MEMARI
- Producer(s)
- Kristine KNUDSEN, Emely CHRISTIANS, Eric GOOSSENS, Stephan ROELANTS
- Synopsis
- Orphaned at birth and raised by storks, the sparrow Richard believes he is one of them. But when the time comes to migrate, his stork family must reveal his true identity and leave him behind in the forest, since he would not survive the journey to Africa. Determined to prove he is a stork after all, Richard ventures south on his own, joined by an eccentric owl with an imaginary friend and a narcissistic, disco-singing parakeet. Along their epic journey, they run into many obstacles, like deadly bats, internet-addicted pigeons, mafia crows and a thundering jumbo jet. When they finally find their way to Africa, it’s up to Richard to rescue his stork brother from the clutches of a monstrous honey badger. The tiniest stork must learn to see himself as the greatest sparrow to unleash his true potential and be reunited with his family.
  
  A fresh and entertaining, yet deeply touching 3D-animated feature, based on an award winning screenplay.