Nocturna (film)

2007 film directed by Adrià García and Víctor Maldonado

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Not to be confused with Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula.

Nocturna

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Adrià García
Víctor Maldonado
Written by| Adrià García
Víctor Maldonado
Produced by| Julio Fernández
Philippe Garrell
Music by| Nicolas Errèra

Production
companies

* Filmax Animation
* AnimaKids Productions
* Castelao Productions, S.A
* Bren Entertainment, S.A
* Gébéka Films
* TVE
* Canal+
* Cine Cinema

Distributed by| Filmax (Spain)
Gébéka Films (France)

Release date

* 11 October 2007 (2007-10-11)

Running time

| 88 minutes
Countries| Spain
France
Language| Spanish

Nocturna is a 2007 Spanish animated fantasy film directed by Adrià García and Víctor Maldonado. The film was produced in 2007 by Filmax Animation.

## Plot[edit]

In the aging orphanage, the days pass very uneventfully, but the nights are something quite different; at least for Tim they are. The light reflected from the stars is the only cure for his fear of the dark.

The other kids get mad at Tim after he refuses to retrieve a ball that fell into the basement, due to the darkness. One night, the other kids steal the doorknob to the doors to the window that he has been keeping, forcing Tim to travel to the rooftop to see his favorite star. Once there, he manages to spot it, when suddenly it disappears. Unfortunately, it's not going to be the last one.

Tim also discovers a peculiar character that goes by the name of the Cat Shepherd together with his faithful cat Tobermory, the latter to become Tim's personal guardian. The Shepherd is in charge of making children sleep peacefully, but Tim is not about to go to bed. He needs his star more than anything in the world, and will do what it takes to see it shine in the night sky once again.

Tim convinces the Shepherd to take him to see Moka, the guardian of the night within the Night World and pleads for him to return the stars to the night sky. Moka pays scarce attention to the boy's pleas, so Tim asks the Cat Shepherd to take him to the Lighthouse of the Stars, where he thinks he may find the answer to the strange phenomena. Tim, the Shepherd, and Tobermory race against the clock through the streets of Nocturna, a world in which hundreds of the most diverse creatures work to create the night as we all know it. Little by little our friends will discover something strange is happening. An ominous threat, known as "The Darkness", is putting the night and the inhabitants of Nocturna in danger. In the end, it turns out that The Darkness was created through Tim's fear of the dark. After tricking the Darkness into approaching him, Tim manages to overcome his fear, defeat The Darkness, and save Nocturna. The next day, Tim surprises his friends by retrieving the ball from the basement. Impressed, they decide to play with him again.

## See also[edit]

* List of animated feature films

## External links[edit]

* Nocturna at IMDb

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Goya Award for Best Animated Film

1980s|

* Town Musicians of Bremen (1989)

1990s|

* El regreso del viento del norte (1994)
* Megasónicos (1997)
* ¡Qué vecinos tan animales! (1998)
* Goomer (1999)

2000s|

* La isla del cangrejo (2000)
* The Living Forest (2001)
* Dragon Hill, la colina del dragón (2002)
* El Cid: The Legend (2003)
* Pinocchio 3000 (2004)
* Midsummer Dream (2005)
* The Hairy Tooth Fairy (2006)
* Nocturna (2007)
* The Missing Lynx (2008)
* Planet 51 (2009)

2010s|

* Chico and Rita (2010)
* Wrinkles (2011)
* Tad, The Lost Explorer (2012)
* Underdogs (2013)
* Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible (2014)
* Capture the Flag (2015)
* Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2016)
* Tad 2: The Secret of King Midas (2017)
* Another Day of Life (2018)
* Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2019)

2020s|

* Turu, the Wacky Hen (2020)
* Valentina (2021)
* Unicorn Wars (2022)

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