Product: Bebe, Un Coninito Va Muy Lejos (Babe -- Spanish edition) [VHS] (1995)
Rating: 5.0
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The story opens to 'Babe' at the pig farm with his mother, brothers and sisters enjoying an affectionate family moment. Out of the blue the mother is dragged away to 'pig paradise', a place so wonderful that no pig has been known to come back. Because Babe has such a special loving heart he is crying in his pen and is thus easy to catch when a couple of farmers arrive to catch a baby pig to take to the fair for a 'guess the weight of the pig' fund raiser. In this way is Babe saved from the butchers knife for the first, but not the last, time, and thus begins his life on 'Hoggett Farm'. Here he meets many animal friends, is adopted by an Australian Shepherd Mother dog who has had to say farewell to her puppies, and finds his place, eventually, herding sheep who respond to him because he is such a nice little pig and always polite. This movie broaches some pretty serious issues (first of all - yes - people do eat pigs, and ducks too, but also subtler ones like stepping out of your predetermined niche in society, being kind and loving when it doesn't always seem benificial on the surface of things, that sometimes people (or animals) can appear 'bad' because of bad things that have happened to them), yet does so in such a gentle, caring and humorous way that even the youngest child is unlikely to be upset by it. The imagery is very lush, old fashioned and 'romantic', the acting is superb. And HOW DID THEY DO THE ANIMATION?? It is beyond me. You would swear that these really are talking animals. Adults and children will enjoy this film. My daughter fell in love with it when she was less than a year old and I have seen it easily fifty times now. I still love it. I can not find a flaw in the plot, the acting, the deeper philosophical issues brought up. It is just about a perfect film in every way.