One of the few animated films to be shown at the Cannes film festival (not only this year but in the festival’s history), this strange little gem from Belgium starts at a cracking pace that it easily sustains for 75 minutes of roaring fun. It is also the first G-rated film to be shown in the Midnight Madness program at TIFF, and it shows that you don’t need sex, violence or gore to have a subversive, “WTF” kind of film.
Giving a short synopsis of the plot is difficult, as it will probably make little sense. But here goes: Horse, Cowboy and Indian share a house in their village. It is Horse’s birthday, and Cowboy and Indian decide to make him a brick BBQ as a present. Something goes terribly wrong in the ordering of bricks, and chaos for them and the rest of the town ensues. Horse and his companions must search the over and under worlds for bricks, while the animals and people of the town eat their way through giant slices of bread and make Vladimir Horowitzes out of donkeys.
