The Secret Of Kells - Promotional Trailer.

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Vatican Paper Looks at an Oscar Nominee's Message
"Secret of Kells" Set in 9th-Century Irish Abbey
ROME, MARCH 18, 2010 (Zenit.org).- A surprise nominee for best animated film at the Oscars is a "dream-like journey that speaks of sacrifice, gaining strength through suffering, reconciliation and hope," according to a reviewer in L'Osservatore Romano.
Tania Mann took a look at the themes and messages of "The Secret of Kells" for a March 12 review in the Vatican's daily.
Mann spoke with director Tomm Moore, who weaves the story of 12-year-old Brendan, an orphan in 9th-century Ireland. Young Brendan lives among the monks of the Abbey of Kells, who dedicate themselves to illuminating the Gospels.
The Book of Kells -- an illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels -- is regarded as one of Ireland's national treasures. It is kept at Trinity College Library in Dublin, though it was kept for centuries at the Abbey of Kells.
"Whenever we were looking at the Book of Kells, a lot of people pointed out that it must have taken a certain meditative quality to create that work," Moore reflected. "The monks would have had to be completely calm and focused, because it's almost impossible to imagine how they created such detail with such rudimentary tools that they would have had at the time."
The director explained to Mann that the film's characters came from research on the manuscript, which reflects foreign influences in inks and designs.
Brendan's character ventures into the forest outside the village walls, where he must face his own fears and external dangers.
The boy's enemy is a pre-Christian deity from Irish legend, who appears as a snake-like creature eating his own tail. That symbol is another inspiration from the Book of Kells.
In his defeat of the creature, Brendan parallels St. Patrick, who brought an end to paganism in Ireland.
The film is animated in 2D, 95% hand-drawn and produced "without a lot of fancy computer equipment," Moore told L'Osservatore Romano. "People are forgetting how magical it can be that just a pencil and a piece of paper can bring something to life."

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"Secret of Kells" Set in 9th-Century Irish Abbey
Brendan the Voyager
Brendan McFinlugh
Brendan of Clonfert
Brendan of Cluain Ferta
Borodon…
Brandan…
Brendain…
Breandan…
Brenainn…
Memorial
16 May
6 January as one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland
14 June (translation of relics)
Profile
Son of Findloga; brother of Saint Briga. Monk. Educated by Saint Ita of Killeedy and Saint Erc of Kerry. Friend of Saint Columba and Saint Brendan of Birr, Saint Brigid, and Saint Enda of Arran. Ordained in 512. Built monastic cells at Ardfert, Shankeel, Aleth, Plouaret, Inchquin Island, and Annaghdown. Founded Clonfert monastery and monastic school c.559. Legend says that this community had at least three thousand monks, and that their Rule was dictated to Brendan by an angel.
Brendan and his brothers figure in Brendan’s Voyage, a tale of monks travelling the high seas of the Atlantic, evangelizing to the islands, possibly reaching the Americas in the 6th century. At one point they stop on a small island, celebrate Easter Mass, light a fire – and then learn the island is an enormous whale!
Born
460 at Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Died
c.577 at Annaghdown (Enach Duin)
buried at Clonfert, Ireland
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Patronage
boatmen, mariners, sailors, watermen
navigators
travellers
whales
–
in Ireland
Ardfert, diocese of
Clonfert, city of
Clonfert, diocese of
Kerry, diocese of
Prayers
Prayer for the Spirit of Saint Brendan
Prayer of Saint Brendan
Prayer to Saint Brendan
Representation
priest celebrating Mass on board ship while fish gather to listen
whale
one of a group of monks in a small boat
The Book of Kells -- an illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels -- is regarded as one of Ireland's national treasures. It is kept at Trinity College Library in Dublin, though it was kept for centuries at the Abbey of Kells.
"Whenever we were looking at the Book of Kells, a lot of people pointed out that it must have taken a certain meditative quality to create that work," Moore reflected. "The monks would have had to be completely calm and focused, because it's almost impossible to imagine how they created such detail with such rudimentary tools that they would have had at the time."
The director explained to Mann that the film's characters came from research on the manuscript, which reflects foreign influences in inks and designs.
Brendan's character ventures into the forest outside the village walls, where he must face his own fears and external dangers.
The boy's enemy is a pre-Christian deity from Irish legend, who appears as a snake-like creature eating his own tail. That symbol is another inspiration from the Book of Kells.
In his defeat of the creature, Brendan parallels St. Patrick, who brought an end to paganism in Ireland.
The film is animated in 2D, 95% hand-drawn and produced "without a lot of fancy computer equipment," Moore told L'Osservatore Romano. "People are forgetting how magical it can be that just a pencil and a piece of paper can bring something to life."

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