Metropia (film)

Metropia is a 2009 Englishlanguage SwedishDanishNorwegian adult animated mystery thriller drama science fiction film directed by Tarik Saleh. The screenplay was written by Fredrik Edin, Stig Larsson, and Tarik Saleh after a story by Tarik Saleh, Fredrik Edin and Martin Hultman. The film uses a technique where photographs have been altered and heavily stylized in a computer program, and then animated. The visual style is inspired by the works of Terry Gilliam, Roy Andersson and Yuriy Norshteyn. Metropia is Boulder Media Limiteds first adult animated movie and production. It is a complex story of a misaligned man, though good intent, creating a nightmarish Dystopian existence. Metropia is taking place in a notsodistant, terrifying Europe.

The story and supporting material were developed by Stockholmbased Atmo during a period of four years before the actual animation work had begun. Coproducers include Denmarks Zentropa and Norways Tordenfilm, and with support from the Council of Europes film fund Eurimages, the film had a budget of aroundmillion SEK. Ordinary people spotted on the streets were used as models for the characters. The main character Roger is based on a chef who worked at a restaurant in Stockholm where the Atmo employees were regulars, and Nina was found in a makeup store. Vincent Gallo accepted his part as the lead voice actor after having seenseconds of finished animation as well as hearing that German actor Udo Kier, of whom Gallo was a fan, already was attached to the project. After a story board had been developed, photographer Sesse Lind travelled around Europe and took pictures of needed locations in Stockholm, Berlin, Paris and Copenhagen. The photographs were edited in Photoshop, and animated in Adobe After Effects under lead animator Isak Gjertsen. Animation was done in Trollhttan, as the first production to use Film i Vsts newly started animation studio. The production took two years to finish.The film premiered onSeptember 2009 at the Venice Film Festival, opening up the festivals Critics Week but shown out of competition. ........

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