Venice Film Festival, review movie Hateshinaki Scarlet

Hateshinaki Scarlet: An Animated Fairy Tale

"Scarlett" presents a Shakespearean animation through the power intrigues it develops in its plot, while also offering a dreamlike fairy tale that transcends time. An adventure that will lead the young and enterprising Scarlett to discover the value of peace and abandon the tones of vengeance.

Scarlet is a medieval princess and skilled swordswoman who seeks to avenge her father's death but falls into a slumber after ingesting poison administered by her uncle, the mastermind behind the intrigue that led to her father's execution. She finds herself in a limbo, neither dead nor alive, where eras and time blur together. There, she must confront her own demons and rediscover the true values that make her a princess who can guide her people.

Director Mamoru Hosoda challenges viewers with the provocation of peace in a society founded on conflict and condemns the greed of those who proclaim themselves great while generating suffering—themes that are dramatically relevant today.

Peace is portrayed as the responsibility of generations, something that should be built throughout history. The film condemns the inability to correct past mistakes and the hatred that continues to generate them, doing so with visually evocative direction, vivid images, and powerful sequences.