Synopsis
The story is about a young boy named Lubicchi and a trashman named Poupelle who meet on a Halloween night in a city that is full of tall chimneys. The chimneys pour out black smoke and the true sky cannot be seen.
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Cast
- Masataka KubotaPoupelle (voice)
- Mana AshidaLubicchi (voice)
- Shinosuke TatekawaBruno (voice)
- Eiko KoikeLola (voice)
- Shingo FujimoriScopp (voice)
- Toru NomaguchiReta XV (voice)
- Sairi ItoAntonio (voice)
- Seiji MiyaneToshiaki (voice)
- Shosei OhiraDennis (voice)
- Kazuki IioSue (voice)
Recommendations
- 78
Austin Chronicle
Ultimately, it’s an aspirational and inspirational tale of daring to reach for the stars even when authority figures tell you they don’t exist – and the value of having a friend who believes in you, even if they have an umbrella handle for a nose. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Poupelle of Chimney Town manages to do something most people would tell you is impossible: Feel empathy for a pile of smelly trash. It’s a fitting feat for a film that encourages you to keep believing in your dreams even if everyone else belittles them or tells you you’re wrong. - 70
Variety
As rich as the visuals can be at times, the music has it beat: Chimney Town may be a small-minded, smoke-choked industrial prison state for most, but to an optimistic loner like Lubicchi, it sounds like a symphony and glitters with possibility. - 60
The New York Times
Trying to get a read on the film — while admiring its palette and off-kilter character details (Lubicchi has an odd vampire overbite) — keeps “Poupelle” fun for a while. But the film ultimately shies away from its most disturbing ideas, falling back on a comforting sentimentality.
