The Galician movie is a box-office hit in Cuba

A version of the story titled Pulgarcito written by Jose Marti, our National Hero, is now a Galician-Cuban animation movie titled Meñique. This film was screened last year in Cuba and became the biggest box-office hit in the Cuba's history, in Fiction Productions. Meñique will premier in over 60 movie theaters of Spain on May 8.

Fiction Productions Company will celebrate with a contest in which there will be a prize draw for a travel to Cuba for the children. They only need to post a video performing one of the film songs and hope to be selected as the best one. The children must cover one of the main songs in the film and compete this way for a travel to Cuba for three persons.

The Galician actors are María Castro, Xosé A. Touriñán, Marcos Pereiro, Carlos Blanco, Tacho González, Luís Iglesia, Monti Castiñeiras, as well as Javier Rey, María Pujalte and Antonio Mourelos, among others. The film tends to show that knowledge has more power than force and it extols values like love, friendship, honor and justice.

Other cultural value of the film is the sound track of the film including songs especially composed by Cuban singer and song writer Silvio Rodriguez and they are performed by artists Roko and Xuso Jones for the Spanish and English version, as well as Uxía Senlle and Xoan Curiel for the Galician version under musical direction of Manu Riveiro Manu Riveiro. With such incentive, the children will have the opportunity to participate in a karaoke contest through Facebook and the web site www.cantaconmaimino.com (where you can find the film songs). Those interested in participating would let their imagination run free and show their performing capacity and talents for singing.

The author chosen by a jury specializing in this issue will win a trip to Cuba for three people. During this trip, they will visit the Animation Studios from the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry, in which some part of the Meñique production took was carried out.

The information on the conest has been already sent to all centers for children and primaries of the main Galician cities, according to the Production Company.

This project, which has the participation of the Galician Television Agadic, TVE and Ibermedia, was possible thanks to the Fiction Production Galician Company and Animation Studios from the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry. Previous to its premier in May, Meñique film will be screened at the Festival of Malaga on April 25. The sales of the film are now part of reality in countries like the United States, Canada, Turkey, Korea, France and Germany.

Source: www.laopinioncoruna.es