The Hairy Tooth Fairy / El RatĂłn PĂ©rez
Argentina/Spain, 90' , 2006.

Directed by: Juan Pablo Buscarini
Script: Enrique Cortés
Producer: Julio Fernández, Pablo Bossi
Production company: Patagonik Film Group
Cinematography: Miguel Abal
Editing: CĂ©sar Custodio
Music: Daniel Goldberg
Cast: Ana María Orozco, Fabián Mazzei, Delfina Varni, Nicolas Torcanowsky

Format: -
Running time: 90'

Synopsis
LucĂ­a is a little girl who, as young ones will, loses a tooth. Her mother, Pilar, a successful but overworked architect, and Santiago, her father, an unemployed chef, reassure her about the fate of her tooth: as is traditional, the Hairy Tooth Fairy (in the form of a debonair mouse named PĂ©rez) will come and collect the tooth, and leave some money in its place. What LucĂ­a doesn't know is that there is a very complex but rewarding "recycling" system for baby teeth, created by PĂ©rez. He collects them, then hundreds of other little mice clean, shape and polish them into pearls, which are then traded to a jeweler named Morientes, who exchanges them for their weight in gold. This gold, of course, is what PĂ©rez leaves for the children - it's perfect. But on his routine rounds, while just about to collect LucĂ­a's tooth, PĂ©rez is kidnapped by scoundrels who wish to hijack the fortune. LucĂ­a gets wind of this and, along with her cousin Ramiro, sets out to save the Hairy Tooth Fairy for children everywhere.

Awards
2007 Goya for Best Animation Film

Directors Biography
Juan Pablo Buscarini was born in Rosario, Argentina. He earned his M.A. from Middlesex University. After returning to Argentina, he created a digital animation and post-production department at the Sorin Cine production company. He has contributed effects and animation work to many commercials, games and films and co-directed his first feature film, CĂłndor Crux, in 2000. The Hairy Tooth Fairy (2006) is his most recent film.

Web pages
Official website

Location and screening schedule: Cinema Europe, Friday, October 26th at 13.00