Poupelle of Chimney Town

Name: Poupelle of Chimney Town
Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family
Released: December 30, 2021
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Eiko Koike, Jun Kunimura, Kazuki Iio, Mana Ashida, Masataka Kubota

2021

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Eleven Arts | Release Date: December 30, 2021 | PG

Starring: Eiko Koike, Jun Kunimura, Kazuki Iio, Mana Ashida, Masataka Kubota, Rina Honizumi, Sairi Itô, Seiji Miyane, Shingo Fujimori, Sumire Morohoshi

Summary: Poupelle of Chimney Town is the story of young Lubicchi living among the thick smoke from the chimneys of his isolated town, yearning to see the “stars” — to know the truth — his father always told him about. One Halloween night he meets Poupelle, a man made of garbage, and together they look to the sky as their adventure begins.

Director: Yusuke Hirota

Genre(s): Fantasy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 100 min

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Richard Whittaker

Jan 5, 2022

Ultimately, it’s an aspirational and inspirational tale of daring to reach for the stars even when authority figures tell you they don’t exist – and the value of having a friend who believes in you, even if they have an umbrella handle for a nose. Read full review

Tracy Brown

Dec 30, 2021

Poupelle of Chimney Town manages to do something most people would tell you is impossible: Feel empathy for a pile of smelly trash. It’s a fitting feat for a film that encourages you to keep believing in your dreams even if everyone else belittles them or tells you you’re wrong. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Jan 10, 2022

As rich as the visuals can be at times, the music has it beat: Chimney Town may be a small-minded, smoke-choked industrial prison state for most, but to an optimistic loner like Lubicchi, it sounds like a symphony and glitters with possibility. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Dec 30, 2021

Trying to get a read on the film — while admiring its palette and off-kilter character details (Lubicchi has an odd vampire overbite) — keeps “Poupelle” fun for a while. But the film ultimately shies away from its most disturbing ideas, falling back on a comforting sentimentality. Read full review

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Indiefilmlover

Jan 10, 2022

An unusual, yet intriguing story about a loner that befriends a creature made up of trash. It is a story about hope and a refusal to accept the limitations placed on you by an authoritarian society. Due to some heady themes, a smattering of violence and subtitles, perhaps best suited forAn unusual, yet intriguing story about a loner that befriends a creature made up of trash. It is a story about hope and a refusal to accept the limitations placed on you by an authoritarian society. Due to some heady themes, a smattering of violence and subtitles, perhaps best suited for pre-teens on up.… Expand

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Experiment626

Jan 7, 2022

Nice story. Animation is a mix between hand drawn and CGI. I would say it is geared more towards the younger crowd.

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