Tonight with the family: This adorable film could be the very first Disney to show your children

In the room of a child named Jean-Christophe there are many soft toys representing animals of all kinds. A rabbit, a tiger, a pig, an owl, two kangaroos, but above all… a bear cub. Named Winnie, the latter is the young boy’s favorite companion, who imagines many adventures for him in an enchanted land called the Forest of Blue Dreams.

Whether he’s looking to get his hands on a new pot of honey, finding himself faced with a formidable storm or meeting the turbulent Tigger, Winnie is the hero of many stories.

Initiated by Walt Disney

Considered the 22nd animated classic from Disney Studios, released in cinemas in 1977, The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is in reality a compilation of several medium-length films.

Purchased by Walt in the early 1960s, the rights to the original works signed by British author Alan Alexander Milne gave rise to a first short film, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, which corresponds to the first segment feature film.

After the death of Walt Disney, who unfortunately did not know the rest of the adventures of his little bear, other stories of Winnie were put into production, ultimately composing a film of more than an hour.

Winnie and the Enchanted Studios

Beyond this first feature film – which benefits in particular from particularly careful animation and a high-quality original soundtrack signed by the legendary Sherman brothers (also at work on Mary Poppins or The Jungle Book) – the links which now unite the Disney studios and the little bear cease to be renewed.

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Subsequently, within the famous enchanted company, Winnie and his friends will become the heroes of 4 animated series, 6 other animated feature films and a live-action film centered on an adult Jean-Christophe (performed by Ewan McGregor).

Tender, adorable and carefree, already lulled by the irresistible voice of Roger Carel, the very first adaptation of the adventures of Winnie the Pooh is one of the Disneys which is aimed almost exclusively at the youngest children (with the possible exception a slightly frightening scene, see below), and could therefore constitute an ideal introduction to the wonderful world of enchanted studios.

Walt Disney Animation Studios

What they will like…

• The character of Winnie, of course, a little stupid but adorable. And all his friends, from the kind Piglet to the energetic Coco Rabbit and the mischievous Tigger.

• The different songs in the film, and in particular that of Little cloud.

What might worry them…

• The nightmarish and almost psychedelic scene of the “éfélants” and the “nouifes”, a true homage to the frightening Elephant walk from Dumbo. We advise you to spare this disturbing sequence for the youngest spectators.

• Another rather frightening scene with Coco Rabbit, when the latter gets lost in a sinister forest, in the middle of the film.

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