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Peline Story
Pelin

Original title: Perinu Monogatari
Characters:
Peline Paindavoine, Mary Doressany, Rosalie, Paul, Ing. Fabry, Tarel, Theodore Paindavoine, Vulfran Paindavoine, Cesare, father of Rosalie, UN, the foreman
Author: Hector Malot
Production: Nippon animation
Regia: Hiroshi Saito, Shigeo Koshi
Country: Japan
Year: 1st January 1978
Broadcast in Italy: 1980
Gender: Dramatic
Episodes: 53
Duration: 24 minutes
Recommended age: Children from 6 to 12 years old

Peline story (original title Peline monogatari) is the anime (based on the novel by Hector Malot 'In Famiglia') that was made by Japanese Nippon Animation in 1978 for the project World Masterpiece Theater and broadcast in Italy in 1980 (on Italia 1) for a total of 53 episodes each lasting 22 minutes.
PelinPeline is a girl of about 12, gifted with great intelligence, fortitude and altruism. Virtues with which he will face difficult and painful vicissitudes. After the untimely death of her father, Peline and her mother (Mary), crossing the mountain ranges of Bosnia, reach the North of France. In the meantime they make a living by continuing their father's business (who was a traveling photographer).
But business is not going well and what is worse, the still young and beautiful mother of the child becomes seriously ill. So they go to Charronne, where Peline decides to sell the wagon and, despite herself, the inseparable companion: the donkey Palìcaro. All the earnings are used to cure the sick, but without any success, because within a few days the woman dies. Before the painful farewell, however, he makes his daughter promise to join Maraucourt (where his paternal grandfather resides); then Peline sets off. After endless days of cold, hunger and suffering, the little girl feels she does not have enough energy to continue, so she falls exhausted on the road. But here comes an unexpected help: Palìcaro with his new mistress (a street vendor, with a slightly masculine, but good-natured manner). The lady gives the girl refreshment, then offers her a job. PelinPeline accepts the job long enough to keep the money needed for the trip. In fact, after a certain period, the girl resumes her journey, this time until she reaches the village of Maraucourt. At first Peline does not reveal her identity, but is hired as a worker in her grandfather's factory. Here he carries out a routine job; soon however he distinguished himself for his extraordinary abilities (among these, a good knowledge of English and a great practical-organizational sense); thanks to which he becomes the right hand of the solitary and austere Mr. Vulfran. The latter, after the drastic abandonment of his son Edmond - who refused to comply with his father's will, in marrying a woman he was not in love with - closed in on himself, falling ill with sorrow (later he also lost his sight). Unfortunately, this suffering is definitively accentuated with the shocking news of Edmond's death. Only sweet Peline knows how to act on him as a beneficial flow and will heal him from ancient wounds. It will also make him change his mind about many things, starting with the positive transformation of his relationship with the workers and their families. In fact, the little girl convinces him to take a concrete interest in the practical needs of the workers: in a short time adequate building systems and various kindergartens are built (complete with cutting-edge facilities and illuminated educational plans). PelinAll this for the benefit of the well-being of the inhabitants of the entire village. In the meantime, however, Mr. Vulfran does not stop looking, through investigators and trusted collaborators, for his daughter-in-law and niece. So one day, at the end of exhausting searches, he discovers the truth: Peline is the long-sought niece. Hugs, clarifications, tears of joy frame a future full of promises and a long-awaited happiness.
On a technical and animation level Peline story is a very pleasant cartoon. But above all the narrative depth is striking, the importance of the topics covered, as well as the effectiveness with which the character profiles of the various characters were drawn. Overall, in fact, we can see how, apart from the differences, we can breathe the same emotional tones traced by the author in the novel 'In Famiglia'. It is no coincidence that Malot sets his story at the end of the 800th century, emphasizing serious social problems, such as: the state of abandonment and misery that affected women and children (especially when it came to widows and orphans), the existential of the workers, the lack of adequate social structures, such as appropriate education-schooling programs, etc.

by Helga Corpino

All characters and images of Peline are copyright Nippon Animation, 1978 and of the right holders. are used here for cognitive and informative purposes.


Peline Story episode titles
01. A brave girl
02. A good idea
03. A happy event
04. The rebel count
05. A lonely boy
06. Two mothers
07. The circus boy
08. The missing donkey
09. Peline in Verona
10. The dangerous rival
11. Barone is strong
12. A special show
13. Through the Alps
14. A beautiful country
15. France! France!
16. Mom is determined
17. Accommodation in Paris
18. The old Simon
19. Among the people of Paris
20. Goodbye, Palikare!
21. The last words
22. An unforgettable person
23. I travel alone
24. The rainbow
25. My dear Palikare!
26. Peline in the hospital
27. The cold face
28. Grandfather's factory
29. Beyond the grove
30. Rosalie's friend
31. Peline fishing
32. Mrs. Laleclie
33. Peline's cousin
34. An unforgettable day
35. The letter in English
36. Invitation to lunch
37. Return to the factory
38. A beautiful dress
39. A letter from India
40. Poor baron
41. A house like a castle
42. Rosalie's sadness
43. The Sunday of peline
44. A bad lady
45. News from Bosnia
46. ​​Grandpa is sad
47. Who is Aurelie
48. The fire
49. Tears of happiness
50. The first snow of the year
51. Grandfather's eyes
52. An unforgettable Christmas
53. Spring returns

 

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