{"id":31955,"date":"2020-03-11T20:53:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T19:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=31955"},"modified":"2025-12-04T22:28:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:28:54","slug":"forward-with-eyes-to-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/cinema\/films\/en-avant-les-yeux-tournes-vers-le-passe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abAhead, looking to the past"},"content":{"rendered":"

Les mercredis du cin\u00e9ma - Kelly Lambiel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Toy Story<\/em> in 1995, every Pixar release is a real event. We need only mention a few of the most popular titles, such as the hilarious Monstre & Cie<\/em>, touching him Coco<\/a><\/em> or the visually impressive The Incredibles 2<\/em> to think that these studios are home to real magicians. But in Forward<\/em>, the latest addition to the Luxo lamp franchise, halfway between heroic fantasy<\/em> and fairy tales, does the magic really work? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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A fable for today<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Barley and Ian Lightfoot are two brothers with nothing in between. While the older one is a role-playing, bad-boy-loving hothead, the younger one is reserved and serious, more like an uptight schoolboy. On Ian's birthday, the boys receive a message from their mother, left to them by their late father. He died before Ian could form a single memory of him, and offers his sons the chance to bring him back for a day. But to do so, they need magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, big-hearted Barley aside, nobody really believes it anymore. Glued to their screens and nailed to their treadmills, the inhabitants of the imaginary town in which the plot takes place have given in to the ease and comfort that technology brings. Why spread your wings when you can ride a motorcycle? Why cast spells when electricity and science can do the rest? The centaurs travel by car, the fairies have formed a motorcycle gang and the manticore has become a big teddy bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aboard Guenevir, an old van restored by Barley, the boys embark on a quest that resembles a journey of initiation, fraught with pitfalls, from which they will emerge stronger and more united than ever. Although they often struggle to come to an agreement, as Ian's self-confidence grows, so does his trust in his brother. In the end, the answers they find will far exceed their expectations, and Ian will learn that what he needed had always been close to him, and even within him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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