Rio

From the creators of the hit series The ice age (ICE AGE) arrives RIO, a 3D comedy dedicated to the wildest and wildest adventure. Blu is a domesticated macaw, has never learned to fly and leads a comfortable life with his best friend and owner, Linda, in the small town of Moose Lake, Minnesota. Blu and Linda think that the bird is the last specimen of its species but, when they learn of the existence of another macaw in Rio de Janeiro, they decide to leave for the distant and exotic carioca land to find Gioiel, the counterpart female of Blu. Not long after their arrival, Blu and Gioiel are kidnapped by a group of animal traffickers. With the help of Gioiel, who knows how to get by on the street, and a group of witty, easy-going city birds, Blu manages to escape. And now, with new friends at his side, the bird will have to find the courage to learn to fly, put a spoke in the wheel of the kidnappers who are on their trail and return to Linda, the best friend a bird can have. Branded Blue Sky Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Animation, RIO is the largest and most ambitious animated film made by the two production companies. Spectacular and grandiose, glowing with characters, color, music, emotions and fun. The story unfolds in the lush jungle, a dream beach, a boundless metropolis and the highlight in terms of magnificence and richness of the celebrations: the Carnival. RIO is more than a point on the map: it is a magical place, a state of mind and a mental predisposition.

Blu's physical, emotional and comic journey is the heart and soul of the film, which is like a fish out of water. Blu's journey begins in the not too tame Brazilian jungle, where the young and inexperienced parrot listens to the joyful melodies of hundreds of birds whizzing and circling around him. The sounds inspire the young Blue to attempt the first flight, abruptly interrupted by some animal traffickers who capture him and many other birds. When we see him again, Blu lives comfortably in a small town in Minnesota with his owner and best friend Linda. Linda adopted Blu years ago, when animal traffickers brought him to the new, cold world he now lives in. Blu and Linda are inseparable. Blu leads a comfortable, affluent and harmless life between Linda's home and library; in fact, it is so domesticated that it is more like a human than a bird. She can prepare breakfast and coffee, brush her teeth, and act as an alarm clock for Linda. What it can't do is what most birds do best to fly. Blu thinks he can use his prodigious brain to fly, but he fails miserably. He has prepared a memo, has a stack of books on aeronautical science and solved a mountain of complex mathematical equations to calculate the flight path, taking into account the speed and direction of the wind, but it doesn't work, because no book can reveal the art of flight to a bird. The secret will only be revealed to him in Rio - and only through the rhythm of the heart and the rediscovery of its roots.

Despite the frustration with the inability to fly, Blu and Linda are satisfied with how they live. Their life in Minnesota is simple, Linda is quite sedentary and Blu is her friend. Together they are very happy. But their existence is disrupted by the arrival of Tullio, an eccentric scientist who has traveled half the world to tell them that Blu is the last male of his kind and that he wants to take him to Rio to let him meet the last female specimen, of name Gioiel. Tullio loves birds and has a strong bond with them. He wants the macaws not to become extinct and for this reason he works hard to persuade Linda and Blu to make the long journey to Rio. Linda and Blu are not particularly eager to uproot themselves from their happy home life. Blu and Linda don't actually go out much and leaving for a distant land scares them both. After much hesitation, the two make the fateful decision to go to Rio, where Blu will meet Gioiel, his female counterpart. The first `` date '', however, is far from being a romantic encounter. The two birds are the polar opposite: Blu is tame and happy to spend time in a cage, while Gioiel is fiercely independent and hates the idea of ​​being confined to a confined environment. She rejects any kind of limitation, she likes to have her own way. Being the last of her kind has turned her into a survivor and she wants the situation to stay that way. Blue represents many things that Gioiel doesn't like. From various points of view, Gioiel regards Blu's tame life and inability to fly as a betrayal, and judges it very severely. Gioiel has some relationship problems, he must learn to trust. In part, her initial rejection of Blue is due to her determination not to be hurt. Secretly, Gioiel is vulnerable. Blu's initial reaction towards Gioiel is a mixture of shyness and enchantment. As he gets to know Gioiel, Blu is fascinated because she is everything he is not. Gioiel is an outspoken heroine and a free spirit.

	Original title:	Rio
	Country:	USA
	Year:	2011
	Gender:	3D animation
	Duration:	96 '
	Directed by:	Carlos Saldanha
	Official site:	www.rio-themovie.com
	Production:	Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
	Distribution:	20th Century Fox
	Exit :	April 15, 2011 (cinema)