The Ape Star (2021)
Directed by Linda Hambäck · Cinematography by Gabriel Mkrttchian
PG75 min89 frames
AnimationFamily
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The Ape Star — official trailer
What is The Ape Star about?
The orphan Jonna is longing for a mother. One day, an old car stops outside the orphanage and out steps a gorilla that picks Jonna for adoption. It soon becomes clear that they have more things in common than they initially thought. When they start becoming a family, Tord from the local authorities shows up and threatens to send Jonna back to the orphanage.
Where can you watch The Ape Star?
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Who stars in The Ape Star?
Pernilla Augustas Gorilla (voice)- Rebecca Gerstmannas Jonna (voice)
Stellan Skarsgårdas Tord Fjordmark (voice)
Who made The Ape Star?
What does the cinematography of The Ape Star look like?
Sampled across 89 frames, the coverage of The Ape Star leans heavily on medium shots (64% of the sample). Cinematographer Gabriel Mkrttchian keeps 89% of it in naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 78% of the frames play in daylight. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 85% of the frames.
What is the color palette of The Ape Star?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Ape Star (2021) are #f7f8f6, #d3b190, #332f30, #d0a978, #554939, #efe6cc — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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