Opopomoz

Opopomoz

December 5, 2003 Theatrical Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica

Studio
Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Mikado, Albachiara, RAI Cinema, DeA Planeta, MK2 Diffusion
Distributor
MK2 Diffusion (France), Mikado (Italy)

Synopsis

It's Christmas Eve in Naples. Peppino and his son Rocco prepare a crib under the benevolent eyes of mother Mari, who awaits a Christmas Day baby. Rocco thinks that the birth of a sibling will make him lose his privileges as an only child. Meanwhile, three little devils, Astarotte, Farfaricchio and Scarapino, are sent to Earth to convince a human being to prevent the birth of baby Jesus. Rocco, who is just such a candidate, leaves for Galilee. On the night of December 24, thanks to the magic formula "Opopomoz," Rocco enters the awesome world of the crib...

Characters

Astarotte, Sua Profondità, Re Magia, Sara, Scarapino, Peppino, Peppino, Rocco, Nonna Adele, Giuseppe, Domenico, Farfaricchio

Credits

Directing

Director
Enzo D'Alò

Producing

Producer
Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Roberto Cicutto, Luigi Musini
Supervising Producer
Maricla Affatato

Writing

Writer
Enzo D'Alò, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Alessio Giurintano, Marco Presta
3-D Artist (Scripts and Shading)
Lorenzo Angeli

Voices

Voice
Tonino Accolla (Astarotte), Peppe Barra (Sua Profondità, Re Magia), Xsuela Douglas (Sara), Oreste Lionello (Scarapino), Silvio Orlando (Peppino), Francis Pardeilhan (Peppino), Ciro Ricci (Rocco), Marina Ruffo (Nonna Adele), Vincenzo Salemme (Giuseppe), Paolo Salomone (Domenico), Fabio Volo (Farfaricchio), John Turturro

Music

Music
Pino Daniele

Animation

Animation Director
Alessio Giurintano
Animator
Francisco Álvarez, Alberto Alvoni, Chiara Antelmi, Maria Cristina Bacchetta, Giorgio Bellasio, Davide Benvenuti, Fabio Bianchini, Francisco Álvarez, Alessio Bini, Alberto Alvoni, Giulia Brogi, Chiara Antelmi, Edo Cavalli Edoardo Cavalli, Maria Cristina Bacchetta, Barbara Cipollone, Giorgio Bellasio, Riccardo Denti, Davide Benvenuti, Gianluca Greco, Fabio Bianchini, Mattia Guberti, Alessio Bini, Silvano Mezzatesta, Giulia Brogi, Andrea Minella, Edo Cavalli Edoardo Cavalli, Fabrizio Natali, Barbara Cipollone, Nicoletta Persello, Riccardo Denti, Gianni Poggi, Gianluca Greco, Tomás Vega Ranz Tomás Vega, Mattia Guberti, Marco Regina, Silvano Mezzatesta, Alice Rossi, Andrea Minella, Roger Russo Webber, Fabrizio Natali, Cristina Seravalli, Nicoletta Persello, Andrea Simonti, Gianni Poggi, Andrea Spada, Tomás Vega Ranz Tomás Vega, Alessandro Toccaceli, Marco Regina, Fabio Vernaci, Alice Rossi, Yoshiko Watanabe, Roger Russo Webber, Deke Wightman, Cristina Seravalli, Andrea Simonti, Andrea Spada, Alessandro Toccaceli, Fabio Vernaci, Yoshiko Watanabe, Deke Wightman
Assistant Animation Director
Cristina Seravalli
Animation Coordinator
Gianni Poggi
Animation Supervisor (Fanciful Arts Animation)
Chris Doyle
Animation Supervisor (Illusion Animated Productions)
Gary Blatchford
Animation Supervisor (Matitanimata)
Franco Bianco
Animation Supervisor (VanHop! Animation)
Juan Torres Juan Antonio Torres Garcia
Animators (Des-Animados Film)
Javier Granados, Miguel Romero Miguel Angel Romero, David Silva
Animators (Fanciful Arts Animation)
Cristina Calles, Juan A. Carrillo, Ángel Gallego, Roberto F. Johns, Carlos León, Francisco Muñoz, Tatiana Rivera
Animator (Illusion Animated Productions)
Raymond Woods Ray Woods
Animators (Matitanimata)
Selahattin Akbulut, Alessandro Ciucci, Flavia Confaloni, Valentina D'Orsi, Andrea Gianfelice, Simona Manganaro, Jenny Schenal
Animators (Monigotes Animation)
Vittorio E. Pirajno Vittorio Pirajno
Animator (Studio Mario Addis)
Mario Addis
Animators (VanHop! Animation)
Carlos Blanco, Matias Marcos, Marivi Rodriguez
Sequence Animators
Gianni Poggi, Davide Veca
Character Modelers
Monica Golfetto, Chiara Molinari
Layout Director
Walter Cavazzuti
Layout Posting Artists
Giovanni Ferrari, Tiziano Giulianini, Riccardo Mazzoli, Mauro Minazzato, Chiara Molinari
Layout Set-Up
Massimo Montigiani, Guido Orlandi, Davide Veca
Clean-Up Inbetween Supervisors
Rossella Del Turco, Valeria Pronti
Clean-Up Inbetween Artists
Carlos Leonardo Álvarez Carlos Álvarez, Loris Barbugli, Fabio Bianchini, Simona Bonivento, Nicoletta Cadorini, Giacomo Cardella, Giuseppe Carlone, Nadia Cavallini, Maria Anastasia Colombo, Laura Confaloni, Germano Garau, Claudia Gottardo, Ilaria Grieco, Lisa Menegotto, Sara Mizzi, Alberto Moretti, Alga Pastorelli, Simona Perotto, Elena Prearo, Eugenia Romano, Silvia Toti, Elena Vasta
Clean-Up Inbetween Artists (Des-Animados Film)
Ernesto Cabeza Ernesto Cabezas, Carlos Carvajal, Raúl Lepe, José Pérez José Antonio Pérez
Clean-Up Inbetween Artists (Fanciful Arts Animation)
Franco D'Amore, Juan Luis Domínguez, Eva Fernández, Adrián Jiménez, Antonio Municio, José Rodríguez, Raquel Santiago, Ángeles Vázquez, Yolanda Velasco
Clean-Up Inbetween Artists (Grafimated)
Alessandro Bianco, Giuseppe Orlando, Santi Piccione, Antonino Pirrotta, Alessandra Ragusa, Giampiero Randazzo, Rosario Riginella
Clean-Up Inbetween Artists (Illusion Animated Productions)
Teresa Cunniffe
Clean-Up Inbetween Artists (Matitanimata)
Gypsy Battaglini, Francesco Colombo, Francesca Conti, Sergio De Angelis, Sabrina De Marco, Laura Di Bartolomeo, Giuseppe Ianolo Giuseppe Iannolo, Paola Luciani, Mara Stamigna
Clean-Up Inbetween Artists (Monigotes Animación)
Luis Amor Fernández Luis Amor, Manuel Borrás Lopez Manuel Borrás, Alejandro Hidalgo, Sacramento Martínez, Antonio Rodríguez
Clean-Up Inbetween Artists (Pseudo Fabrica)
Cristina Amaroli, Lisa Amerighi, Michela Burzo, Alex Mantovani, Marzia Mariani, Max Melato, Simona Morselli, Mazia Veroni
Clean-Up Inbetween Artists (VanHop! Animation)
Paloma Antón, Carmelo Buitrago, Jorge Fuentes, Rubén Garzás, Javier Encinas Javier Encinas Mejias, Iñigo Moreno, Paco Rodríguez, Ángel Romero
3-D Supervisor and Character Animator
Giacomo Novara
3-D Artist (Modelling and Animation)
Karla Richards

Art Department

Production Design
Michel Fuzellier
Storyboard Artists
Maurizio De Bellis, Chiara Molinari, Massimo Montigiani, Guido Orlandi, Giorgio Valentini
Character Designer
Walter Cavazzuti
Background Artists
Cinzia Battistel, Guido Cesana, Adriano Corrado, Giovanni Fonchi, Rebecca Lisotta, Rossana Papagni, Valentina Valentini
Character Color Stylist
Michel Fuzellier
Head of Backgrounds
Roberto Fino
Background Supervisor
Michel Fuzellier
Chief Background Artist
Cinzia Battistel
Background Layout Artists
Giorgio Campioni, Maurizio De Bellis, Roberto Fino, Samuele Maggi
Model Sheets
Walter Cavazzuti

Visual Effects

Production Coordinator (Visual Effects)
Franca Gori
Compositors
Daniele Arpini, Raffaele Radice

Editing

Editor
Simona Paggi
Digital Intermediate Supervisor
David Bush

Sound

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Roberto Moroni

Production Management

Digital Intermediate Coordinator
Fabrizio Pistone
Post-Production Artistic Supervisor
Simone Bellini

Companies and other credits

  • Animators (Monigotes Animation): Juan José Bravo Matias Juan José Bravo
  • Animators (Monigotes Animation): Ana María García Quiralte Ana María García