Poupelle of Chimney Town
Doha Film Experience - Doha Film Institute
Yusuke Hirota / Japan / 2020 / 100 min / Colour / DCP / In English / Arabic subtitles
Themes : Animation
Rated: 
Parental guidance is advised. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.
Description
Young Lubicchi lives in Chimney Town, a place where the sky is eternally grey due to the countless smokestacks that billow out soot into the air. Lubicchi’s father, who has mysteriously disappeared, used to tell him stories of blue skies and twinkling stars that lie above the thick layers of smog. One Halloween, Lubicchi meets a friendly man made of garbage which he names Poupelle. Convinced that “if you believe, you’ll find a way”, Lubicchi and Poupelle, embark on a daring mission to discover a new world beyond the smoke.
Director
Yusuke Hirota
Yusuke Hirota joined Studio 4°C in 2001. He served as the Studio’s computer graphics director first on the TV series ‘Piroppo’ (2001), and then on many titles including the Animatrix–‘Beyond’ (2003), Genius Party–‘Baby Blue’ (2007), Genius Party Beyond–‘Moondrive’ (2008), ‘Berserk The Golden Age Arc 1–The Egg of The King, and Harmony’ (2015) for which he was also the co-director. ‘Poupelle of Chimney Town’ (2020) is his directorial debut.
Credits
- Screenwriter
- Akihiro Nishino
- Producer
- Yusuke Kitahashi, Ryoichi Fukuyama, Eiko Tanaka
- Music
- Youki Kojima, Yuta Bandoh
- Cast
- Voices: Tony Hale, Antonio Raul Corbo, Stephen Root, Misty Lee, Hasan Minhaj