This is a commendable short sci-fi film made with middle school students as the cast members. The storyline follows a group of school-aged children who set out to discover the source of a strangeness that takes place every year on the summer solstice. It is from Italy with dialogue in Italian and English subtitles.
We love our middle school student actors. It is directed, produced and written by Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti (an adult). The camerawork is quite good with interesting shots. Some of the lighting is a bit lacking, but not enough to make it unwatchable. The storyline is unusual and well developed. All the youth actors are quite believable. I love the odd old man. The use of thought bubbles is well conceived. The background music works very well; it has a driving beat which helps push the film along. We learn that Berny lives in a parallel world 100 light years away but appears on Earth every summer solstice, to run tests on #Earth's inhabitants. The kids form a team to track down Berny and create an imaginative solution.
The film's message is about teamwork and solving problems, even when they're very odd.
Berny 2 gets 3.5 out of 5 stars and I recommend it for ages 8 to 12, plus adults. By Julie S., KIDS FIRST!
This is a commendable short sci-fi film made with middle school students as the cast members. The storyline follows a group of school-aged children who set out to discover the source of a strangeness that takes place every year on the summer solstice. It is from Italy with dialogue in Italian and English subtitles.
We love our middle school student actors. It is directed, produced and written by Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti (an adult). The camerawork is quite good with interesting shots. Some of the lighting is a bit lacking, but not enough to make it unwatchable. The storyline is unusual and well developed. All the youth actors are quite believable. I love the odd old man. The use of thought bubbles is well conceived. The background music works very well; it has a driving beat which helps push the film along. We learn that Berny lives in a parallel world 100 light years away but appears on Earth every summer solstice, to run tests on #Earth's inhabitants. The kids form a team to track down Berny and create an imaginative solution.
The film's message is about teamwork and solving problems, even when they're very odd.
Berny 2 gets 3.5 out of 5 stars and I recommend it for ages 8 to 12, plus adults. By Julie S., KIDS FIRST!
Once a year strange things happen to the boys, a group of boys understand where this strangeness comes from and little by little manage to find the clues to understand who and what makes the strangeness happen, find a very imaginative way to solve it
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