"Unicorn Wars" plunges two bear cubs into the hell of a terrible war

• Two cubs wage war on unicorns while trying to win their mother's attention.

• Alberto Vázquez juggles with different drawing styles to sign a violent political fable.

• "Unicorn Wars" surprises with its brutality and intelligence.

It was one of the shocks of the Annecy Festival 2022 and our favorite animated film.

by Alberto Vázquez mixes a childish aesthetic reminiscent of the Care Bears with violent – ​​even downright gore – war sequences worthy of war movies like

by Francis Ford Coppola or

by Mel Gibson.

Two teddy brothers and warriors, with the looks of childish cartoons, confront the unicorns in a surge of bewildering brutality which is why the film is prohibited for children under 12 years old.

“My wish was that the spectators expect a comedy but find themselves confronted with a very hard drama, explains Alberto Vázquez to

.

This discrepancy between the design of the heroes and what they experience seemed fascinating to me.

» The director of

don't go with the back of the spoon for this pacifist and ecological fable of great originality.

A political and philosophical fable

The duo of cubs fight against the unicorns, their enemies for ages, but the brothers also fight among themselves to curry favor with their mother.

We think of

in front of a tangy aesthetic combined with bloody effects, but

goes further than joyfully provocative gore.

It is a real political and philosophical fable that the Spanish director delivers to us.

“ 

denounces dictatorships, whether political or religious, as well as the atrocities that humans inflict on nature,” insists the filmmaker.

Alberto Vázquez's freedom of tone constantly surprises.

“We had to astonish the spectator, shake him without ever letting go so that he feels in his flesh what the characters feel when they are forced to participate in atrocious acts for which they do not really know the reason.

And it works so well that you let yourself be totally carried away in a torrent of sensations.

Alberto Vázquez masterfully juggles graphic styles in a merciless world.

No one will ever dare to pretend that adult animation doesn't have a bright future ahead of it after participating in the

.

This virtuoso film is made of the stuff we weave nightmares while offering a sharp reflection on the world.

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