MIAMI.- There are music artists with an impeccable career, who seem to have no failed albums in their repertoire. That is the case of the Dominican Juan Luis Guerra With more than 40 years of experience, more than 30 million records sold and 27 Latin Grammy awards. With achievements like these, what more could be missing from the career of the author of Bilirubin?, well one filmAnd the news is that it is a new success, a new achievement and an animated production that is conquering audiences inside and outside the Dominican Republic: it is called Captain Wasp.
The warning is made from the moment the credits of this film appear on the screen: dancing is allowed during the screening of this film. And how could you not do it? soundtrack of Captain Wasp It has its origins precisely in The beesone of the promotional singles from Juan Luis Guerra and 4.40’s album For youwhich came onto the market in August 2004, exactly 20 years ago. This song is accompanied by versions of the orchestra’s hits adapted to the script, such as The little lanternof the disk tooth, from 1994; and new titles that take the dance music base of others like The flight over wasppatrpolis (another version of The bees); the Ballad My love, with Luis Fonsi, Juan Luis Guerra and Joy; the bachata alluding to the villain of the story Satisfied, which derives from a play on words between the famous ‘Joker’ and the pronunciation of ‘poison’ in French. Added to all of the above is the funny melody of The dance of the dronesone of the most entertaining sequences.
A dream come true, is how Juan Luis Guerra describes the fact that he was able to premiere this film by his author, during the interviews given from the Dominican Republic to international media about this project, which was conceived 12 years ago and is finally on the big screen under the direction of his son Jean Gabriel Guerra and Jonathan Gonzalez, who has a promising career as a director of special effects and animation films. The duo of directors had previously worked in the production and direction of several 4.40 videos such as 23 thingsThe production team includes 30 animators between Santo Domingo and Madrid and bears a seal that makes its creators proud: Developed in the Dominican Republic.
The technical and production team is joined by a cast made up of various artists who give voice to the characters: Juanes, in the voice of Sergeant Picadura; Miss Universe Amelia Vega, lends her vocal cords to Polybia Nectar; and Luis Fonsi is the singing voice of the hero who will save Avispatrpolis from a tragedy.
Synopsis of Captain Wasp
Everything happens in Avispatrpolis and the Kingdom of Honey, two communities that live in complete harmony in the honeycomb protected by Captain Wasp. That is until the fearsome Hornet Jacques Puasn and the evil Polybia Nectar come up with a sinister plan that will force the little hero of the story to fulfill his duty. Thus, between merengues and bachatas, the action begins.
Acceptance of differences and honesty are two of the values that it promotes. Captain Waspunder a motto that its protagonist repeats like a mantra: strong and brave never lies.
To learn more details about this production, you can follow the independent film distributor Mundo D Pelcula on social media, as @mundodpeliculaOn Instagram.