Cine Gibi: O Filme

Cine Gibi: O Filme
Directed by	José Márcio Nicolosi
Written by	Airton Brreto Emerson Bernado de Abreu Flavio Teixeira de Jesus José Márcio Nicolosi Marcelo Verde Márcio Araujo
Based on	Monica's Gang by Maurício de Sousa
Starring	Airton Brreto Emerson Bernado de Abreu Flavio Teixeira de Jesus José Márcio Nicolosi Marcelo Verde Márcio Araujo
Music by	Márcio Araújo
Production companies	MSP TeleImage United International Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 9, 2004 (2004-07-09) (Brazil)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese

MovieComic: The Movie (in Portuguese: Cine Gibi: O Filme) is a 2004 Brazilian compilation animated film based on the Monica's Gang comic books. It was released in Brazilian theatres on July 9, 2004 and became the most-watched film in Brazil.

Plot

Several comic stories are transformed into animations with the help of a machine invented by the character Franklin. These stories are:

• Quest for Isabelle's Nose: (Em Busca do Nariz de Isabelle) Monica is setting up a 5000-piece puzzle, but gets stressed when the last piece is missing: Isabelle's nose. She then looks for Mr. Ding Ling, the salesman, and discovers that the last piece of the puzzle of Isabelle's portrait is hidden in the subsoil of Limoeiro's neighborhood, and with the help of Jimmy Five she goes in search of that last fragment.
• Beauty Contest: (Concurso de Beleza) Jimmy Five and Smudge explain to Monica that have a beauty contest in Limoeiro neighborhood, all the girls would participate and all the boys would vote. But they wanted to make a "marmalade" so they would not hurt.
• A Bucktoothed Love Story: (Um Amor Dentuço) Jimmy Five and Smudge scoff Monica and begin to run away from it, she runs after them but tire quickly and give up, suddenly comes a vampire that wants to turn Monica into a vampire for your loved one, then he bites her without her noticing and she slowly turns into a vampire.
• The Samsonbuster: (O Caça-Sansão) Samson is the victim of the invention of a mad scientist, and he becomes a huge monster. It is up to Jimmy Five capture it and return it to Monica in his old form.
• A Scenario for My Little Dolls: (Um Cenário Para os Meus Bonequinhos) Smudge and Jimmy Five give wings to the imagination in charming children's games. By the time they arrive Monica and Maggy, they decide to give a feminine touch to the fun.
• Brother Smudge: (Irmão Cascão) Jimmy Five decides to name his best friend as brother. He just did not have loose way of Smudge, which will occupy all the spaces of your home.

Special participations

In the movie the following live-action special participations are:

• Mauricio de Sousa
• Luciano Huck
• Wanessa Camargo
• Fernanda Lima
• Pedro e Thiago

Cast

• Marli Bortoletto ... Monica
• Angélica Santos ... Jimmy Five
• Elza Gonçalves.......Maggy
• Paulo Cavalcante.....Smudge
• Mauricio de Sousa....Blu
• Sibele Toledo ...Franklin

External links

• Cine Gibi: O Filme at the Internet Movie Database