Lisa Limone & Maroc Orange, A Rapid Love Story 3D
Lisa Limone & Maroc Orange, A Rapid Love Story 3D
by Mait Laas – Estonia, 2014
(72', DCP, Original version with Italian subtitles)
Lemon-girl Lisa collects singing seashells and dreams about love. Her father is a rich businessman, the owner of a tomato plantation and ketchup factory, and he loves money. Orange boy Maroc is a boat refugee. He dreams of freedom. He escapes from his homeland and defying stormy waters takes a boat across the sea to the "promised land". Instead of freedom, he finds slave labour on a tomato plantation. It seems, however, that his fate could change. Lisa falls in love with him and will do anything to set him free. A film for all the family, dealing with the topic of illegal immigrants fleeing from Africa to Europe.
Mait Laas
Mait Laas (1970, Tallinn) has made internationally acclaimed animated films since 1997, written scripts for films and video clips. Laas works in stop-motion studio Nukufilm as a writer and graphic artist, and has organized several animation workshops. Additionally, he directed a segment in film LOST AND FOUND and full-length documentary KINGS OF THE TIME. LISA LIMONE AND MAROC ORANGE, A RAPID LOVE STORY is his first full-length animation film.