Aida of the Trees


Aida of the Trees is a 2001 Italian animation film written and directed by Guido Manuli and with soundtrack by Ennio Morricone. It is the third movie produced by the studio Lanterna Magica after How the Toys Saved Christmas and Lucky and Zorba, and it is loosely inspired by Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida.

Plot

Arborea and Petra are two neighbouring countries perpetually at war with one another.
Only the romantic relationship between Aida, the daughter of the Arborean king, and Radames, the brave son of the high general of Petra, will change the situation.
The couple's worst enemy is Ramfis, the high priest of the evil god Satam, who would like his clumsy son Kak to marry the princess of Petra.
After a series of adventures and fierce battles, Aida and Radames will manage to defeat Ramfis, to end the war between their countries and to live happily ever after.

Cast

This Italian musical adventure fantasy animated film was produced by Lanterna Magica in Turin, Italy. It uses both traditional animation and computer animation with Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Softimage, Avid Media Composer, oil-paint and paper, Pegs, pencil and paper, Softimage 3D and Toonz Premium.