アフリカの村。ある日、小さな男の子が母親の胎内から自力で生まれ出てきた。そして、自分でへその緒を切ると自らキリクと名乗るのだった。彼が生まれた村は今、窮地に立たされている。魔女カラバの脅威に晒されていたのだ。キリクの父親や村の男たちは、カラバに戦いを挑み、その結果みな彼女に喰われてしまった。カラバの呪いによって村の泉は枯れ、黄金も奪われてしまった。そんな中、キリクは“どうして魔女カラバは意地悪なの？”と村人に問いかける。その質問に“お山の賢者”だけが答えられると知ったキリクは、さっそく会いに向かうのだが…。
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監督: Michel Ocelot
脚本: Michel Ocelot
音楽: Youssou N'Dour
制作: Paul Thiltges / Violette Vercruyssen / ディディエ・ブリュネール
制作会社: Les Armateurs / Monipoly Productions / France 3 Cinéma / RTBF
This is a really joyous animation to watch. A pregnant lady gives birth to a determined young infant who can immediately walk, talk and who names himself "Kirikou". Enthusiastic, questioning, innocent - he discovers that his village well has been stopped up by the evil sorceress "Karaba" and so decides to rectify the situation. His adventures are fun, simple - as is the animation - with plenty of humour from the dialogue, just the tiniest degree of menace and some interesting characterisations for our young man to engage with along the way. The film looks a little at the superstitions that guide this small West African community, but also at their people's synergies with nature - the whole collaborative way in which humans and other animals co-exist (or not). The themes are relayed cleverly using the naivety of a child's eyes - and that's frequently poignant, comical, amusing - and surprisingly practical. The young boy engages with the animal kingdom in a plausible way too - they don't speak, indeed frequently the collection of squirrels, wart-hogs and snakes react naturally when they encounter him - scoring away or taking him on. "Kirikou" is a can-do child! Sure, if he was your's you might have wanted to throttle him at birth - he is a tad precocious, but if this film doesn't make you smile and feel better, then I don't know what will....
