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Synopsis
"Fairies and Dragons" is a fantasy adventure set in a pre-Columbian Mapuche village in the middle of the Patagonia in the Andes. The story centers on Kamu, an eleven-year-old boy, who loves to draw and has a deep respect for nature. In a real rite of passage, we follow his journey to overcome his parents' death by entering a parallel world full of characters and fantastic creatures. By overcoming his parents' death, Kamu will also find the courage to save the world.
The Andekhan mountain range stretches into the infinite, said the Mapuks. Perhaps because no one they knew had traveled enough to see its end. There lives Kamu, a very special boy whose passion is to draw and whose dream is to draw a real live dragon on his notebook, although he has never seen one. His elder sister, Yssala has the ability to communicate with fairies. After the death of their parents, who were killed by contaminated water, they only have each other and Kayú, their grandfather and village wise man.
One day on the way home, Kamu and Yssala witness a confrontation between two gigantic snakes, a battle that is being fought in the volcano's throat. That is a sign which shows that the pachamama (Mother Earth) is awaken and suffering.
The children alert Kayú. While he warns the town, he sends the children to seek shelter in a cave in Harunka Gardens. The volcano's eruption causes the cave to collapse trapping the children inside. Yssala becomes sick from drinking the poisoned water. Kamu, in an attempt to keep her awake, starts to tell her a story based on the stone-carved drawings that he discovers on the walls of the cave, and enters a magical world. There he is attacked by a serpent and is rescued by Hobsyllwin, a white dragon sent by Elixana, an old "machi", (good witch). She knows there is a secret in the cave in the "Ancestors' Gallery", which contains the artwork of many ancestors, and that Kamu, as an artist, is the chosen child to decipher it to restore peace to the pachamama. A new world unveils before Kamu, who through the fantasy world will discover the hero that lives in him.
An ancient dream describes it: ". there was a boy pure of heart who wore the 'sign of the serpent'--and he also would draw dragons. He had a sister who communicated with fairies. One day FAIRIES AND DRAGONS invited the brother and sister to appease the volcano - and help the pachamama to find peace." |
Talents
Ciruelo Cabral
Ciruelo Cabral is an Argentine author and illustrator renowned worldwide. He has been living in Spain since 1987 and has been a permanent source of art, which has turned him into one of the most outstanding names on an international level, both for his dazzling drawings of the world of dragons and ancestral cultures, and for the way he describes them in his narrative.
His books have reached international fame and have been published in the U.S., Europe and Asia. "The Book of the Dragon", published by Barnes & Noble, is of cornerstone importance for all lovers of this genre.
Ciruelo's new novel, "Hadas y Dragones" ("Fairies and Dragons") is expected to become an international sales success.
Pablo Helman
A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pablo Helman joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1996 as the Sabre Department Supervisor. Previous to ILM, he was a compositing supervisor on Independence Day for Pacific Ocean Post, a digital compositor on "Apollo 13" and "Strange Days" for Digital Domain, and a Quantel Domino compositor on numerous projects for Digital Magic. Helman received a Masters of Arts in Education from Cal Poly Pomona, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Composition from UCLA.
Among the movies in which Pablo has been involved, there are titles as important as "Men in Black"; "Contact" and "Saving Private Ryan", as well as "The Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones" of the "Star Wars" saga. His work in "Attack of the Clones" garnered him his first Academy Award nomination. His latest project was the amazing "War of the Worlds" where he was Visual Effects Supervisor together with Dennis Muren, a movie which garnered him his second Academy Award nomination for Best Achievement in Visual Effects. |
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