"Going by the poster, it looks like Hayao Miyazaki, the founder of Japan's legendary Studio Ghibli, has come out of retirement again. But this gorgeous hand-drawn film is a Pakistani production, a feature debut from young animator Usman Riaz with some dazzling images up there with the best of Ghibli. (And there is a connection: Ghibli producer Geoffrey Wexler is credited here as a creative consultant.)"
"The Glassworker is a heartfelt anti-war film set in a bustling fictional seaside town sometime in the early to mid 20th century. Vincent (voiced by Sacha Dhawan as a young man in the English-language dubbed version) is the son of glassworker Tomas, a pacifist who becomes increasingly unpopular in town as the drumbeats of war grow louder. Vincent receives a letter from his friend Alliz (Anjli Mohindra), the daughter of an army colonel."
"Back in their childhood, as lads from the town march off to the frontline, Vincent's dad manages to keep him in the glassworks, striking a deal that painfully compromises his integrity. So, Vincent stays, creating his own ever more intricate glass objects. And glass gives the film some of its most ravishing images. Disconcertingly in one scene, bombs explode, shattering windows, with shards strewn everywhere, shimmering like diamonds."
The Glassworker is a hand-drawn Pakistani feature debut from animator Usman Riaz with creative consulting by Studio Ghibli producer Geoffrey Wexler. The film is an anti-war story set in a bustling fictional seaside town in the early to mid 20th century. Vincent, son of pacifist glassworker Tomas, remains in the glassworks while friends march to the frontline, creating intricate glass objects amid moral compromise. Letters from Alliz, daughter of an army colonel, frame bittersweet memories and childhood scenes. The film delivers ravishing glass imagery, including bomb-shattered windows that glitter like diamonds, though some voice acting feels flat. The Glassworker releases in UK and Irish cinemas and streams on SBS On Demand in Australia.
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