The story of an unlikely friendship between a bear, Ernest, and a young mouse named Celestine.
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Title: Ernest & Celestine (2012)
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Cast
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| Forest Whitaker | ... | Ernest (voice) | |
| Lambert Wilson | ... | Ernest (voice) | |
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Pauline Brunner | ... | Célestine (voice) |
| Mackenzie Foy | ... | Celestine (voice) | |
| Lauren Bacall | ... | The Grey One (voice) | |
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Anne-Marie Loop | ... | La Grise (voice) |
| Paul Giamatti | ... | Rat Judge (voice) | |
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Patrice Melennec | ... | Georges (voice) |
| William H. Macy | ... | Head Dentist (voice) | |
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Brigitte Virtudes | ... | Lucienne (voice) |
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Léonard Louf | ... | Léon (voice) |
| Megan Mullally | ... | Lucienne (voice) | |
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Dominique Maurin | ... | Chef de clinique (voice) (as Dominique Collignon) |
| Nick Offerman | ... | George (voice) | |
| Perrette Pradier | ... | L'infirmière en chef souris (voice) | |
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There is a world where the Bears live above ground in their cities and the rodents live below in their underground ones in mutual fear and hate. However, Celestine, an apprentice mouse dentist, finds at least momentary common cause with Ernest, a poor street Bear musician, that gets them rejected from both their respective worlds. In spite of this misfortune, the exiles find a growing friendship between themselves as their respective talents flower because of it. Despite this, their quietly profound challenge to the founding prejudices of their worlds cannot be ignored as the authorities track them down. When that happens, Ernest and Celestine must stand up for their love in the face of such bigotry and achieve the impossible. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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Bonnie and Clyde, Sid and Nancy... (US release)Parents Guide:
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Ernest: Well, yes... it's always been like this.
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Written by Thomas Fersen and Vincent Courtois
Performed by Lambert Wilson
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In the English version, the couple who owns the candy shop and the tooth shop, George and Lucienne, are played by real-life couple Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally. See more »Goofs
While Ernest is cooking chocolate, the arm holding up Celestine is level with his head. After the cut, the arm is suddenly below his face. See more »Quotes
Célestine: Bear up above and mice down below?Ernest: Well, yes... it's always been like this.
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Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Top 5 Animation News of 2020 (2021) See more »Soundtracks
La chanson d'Ernest et CelestineWritten by Thomas Fersen and Vincent Courtois
Performed by Lambert Wilson
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Release Date:
28 February 2014 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
EUR9,600,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$13,078, 2 March 2014Gross USA:
$262,075Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$8,111,137Company Credits
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a splendid link between use of water colors and the story. a delicate manner to use a book adaptation for remind, in a precise, gentle, lovely style importance of relationship. a film who must see it not only for its message but for the fascinating art to resurrect the childhood flavor in old fashion manner. a movie about friendship , meeting between humor and drama, a form of fable and a lesson about image of the other. a small gem because the voices, the images, the story are not more important/beautiful/realistic but only part of an unique state of soul. an isle in middle of 3D waves, it is honest and warm and nice. but, more important, it is a kind of travel out of reality pressure as a reading fairy stories book in evening. in fact, a remember about small details who defines humanity.