Shannon says:
A unique and incredibly animated take on the origins of a favourite chimney-shimmering gift-giving jolly guy from up north. Funny, heartwarming and unexpected.
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Details:
Released: 2019
Rated: PG
IMDB: 8.2/10
Directors: Sergio Pablos & Carlos Martínez López
Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Rashida Jones, J.K. Simmons
Trivia: Neda Margrethe Labba, who voiced the Sami girl Márgu, did not speak any English. Sergio Pablos traveled all the way to Tromsø, Norway where she lives and did her whole recording session through translation and mimicry.
Plot:
When Jesper distinguishes himself as the postal academy’s worst student, he is stationed on a frozen island above the Arctic Circle, where feuding locals hardly exchange words let alone letters.
Jesper is about to give up when he discovers Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys. Their unlikely partnership turns the town around, crafting a new legacy of generous neighbours and stockings hung by the chimney with care
