Uma Aventura no Tempo
Turma da Mônica em Uma Aventura no Tempo (in English, Monica's Gang in an Adventure in Time[1]) is a 2007 Brazilian animated film based on the Monica's Gang comic books. The film was directed and co-written by Mauricio de Sousa, creator of over two hundred characters featured in the comic books.
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| Directed by | Maurício de Sousa Rodrigo Gava André Passos Clewerson Saremba |
| Produced by | Diler Trindade Bruno Bluwol (associate producer) Wilson Borges (co-producer) Felipe Pinto (production manager) |
| Written by | Emerson Bernardo de Abreu Flávio de Souza Didi Oliveira Maurício de Sousa Airon Barreto de Lacerda (story) Manoel Barreto de Lacerda (story) Elisabeth Mendes (story) |
| Based on | Monica's Gang by Maurício de Sousa |
| Starring | Marli Bortoletto Angélica Santos Paulo Camargo Elza Gonçalves Sibele Toledo Bianca Rinaldi Maurício de Sousa |
| Music by | Márcio Araújo Danilo Adriano |
| Edited by | João Paulo Carvalho Rafael Gomes |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista International |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Box office | $2,186,657[1] |
Plot
The film begins with Franklin finishing up his time travel machine. He explains to his dog Blu that it works with the synthesis of the four elements. Just outside, Jimmy Five and Smudge concoct an "infallible plan" to steal Monica's blue toy rabbit, Samson. The plan eventually fails when Monica, while on a picnic with Maggy, discovers it. Jimmy Five and Smudge hide in Franklin's office. Monica and Maggy follow them there, where Monica accidentally throws her rabbit on Franklin's machine, causing the elements to travel to different periods in time. Franklin sends each child into a different time after the elements in order to bring them back. If they fail, time will slow down and eventually stop. Monica and Blu end up in Prehistoric times to recover the element of fire. Jimmy Five is sent to the 30th century to recover the element of air. Maggy is sent to a few years back (when the kids were babies) to recover the element of earth. Smudge is sent to an indigenous tribe in Colonial-era Brazil to recover water.
The people they meet are all characters of other sister series of the original Monica's Gang comics (who are also well known to the Brazilian audiences), with exception of the villains "Bandeirante" (a greedy Portuguese man in search for gold named after the explorers of Colonial Brazil) and "Cabeleira Negra" (literally "black hair", a descendant from Black Beard and space pirate from the 30th century).
Cast
- Marli Bortoletto as Monica
- Angélica Santos as Jimmy Five
- Paulo Cavalcante as Smudge
- Elza Gonçalves as Maggy
- Sibele Toledo as Franklin
- Bianca Rinaldi as Cabeleira Negra
- Maurício de Sousa as Blu and Monica's Dad
References
- "Monica's Gang in an Adventure in Time". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-10-08.