Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon
film directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen
Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon (Norwegian: Månelyst i Flåklypa, lit. 'Moon desire in Flåklypa') is a 2018 Norwegian stop motion animated film directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen from a screenplay by Karsten Fullu, based on the characters by Kjell Aukrust. A sequel to Solan og Ludvig – Herfra til Flåklypa (2015), it is the fourth and so far final stop motion animated film based on Aukrust's Flåklypa universe, and the fifth film overall. The film is a co-production between Qvisten Animation and Maipo Film, and was released in Norway on 21 September 2018, distributed by Nordic Film Distribution. It grossed $4,957,487 worldwide and was met with generally positive reviews.
Premise
Louis and Reodor decide to build a rocket to fly to the Moon on behalf of Norway, with the help of Vigfus Skonken. However, Vigfus secretly wants to collect the Moon dust, which contains a rare substance he calls "Vigfusium".
Voice cast
The Norwegian voice cast for the film:
Kari-Ann Grønsund as Louis Gundersen
Trond Høvik as Luca
Sjølsvik as Reodor Felgen
Hege Schøyen as Enkefru Stengelføhn-Glad
Steinar Sagen as Emanuel Desperados
Fridtjov Såheim as Ollvar O. Kleppvold
Bjarte Hjelmeland as Olram Slåpen
John Brungot as Melvind Snerken
Kåre Conradi as Frimand Pløsen
Christine Hope as Nyhetsoppleser
Ingar Helge Gimle as Vigfus Skonken
Production
The film received a funding grant of 15.5 million Norwegian krone (US$1.7 million) from the Norwegian Film Institute in September 2015, contributing to its total budget of 47 million krone (US$5.2 million). The entire film took 120,000 still images.
Release
Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon was released in Norway on 21 September 2018. It opened with $1,098,555, for a total gross of $4,838,873 from 422,796 admissions, making it the second highest-grossing film in Norway from 2018.
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