La foresta incantata

In this fairytale combination of human acting and cartoons, two sisters of opposite character have to find in themselves the goodness to help each other and the friends they make in this good vs. evil adventure.

It had an excellent musical score that might prove, given larger audiences, that opera singers and great orchestras are not necessary for the creation of charming auditory treats.

If Americans had their Disney, Romanians had I.P. Gopo :)

one remarkable films by Ion Popescu Gopo, it is a fairy-tale and a nice moral lesson. a beautiful product of Romanian school of animation, part of Romanian - Soviet collaboration, it is full of grace, seductive and amusing. the influences of Wizard of Oz or Romanian fairy - tales gives more charm to adventures of Maria and Mirabela. and, for present public, the meeting with first steps of extraordinary Medeea Marinescu and Gopo "the Great" are unique events. spectacular is fresh emotion after so many years ago. and the flavor of songs, as taste of bread slice in holiday at grandparents.all is magic - result of imagination, technical solutions, the music, each detail. and the joy of child in adult of present.

The movie was really awesome. I was 4 year old when I saw this movie. I love it and today (2022) I show this movie to my 4 year old girl and she love it too even with today's technologies.

I recommend this movie to see with you kids. You can see one of the beautiful movie created with no computer. For that time was really hard to created a movie like Maria and Mirabella.

Today this kind of films may don't take to much effort but in 1981 was very difficult to create that special effect.

Music still as beautiful as I remember. I saw this movie for second time, more than 40 years later from the day that I see this movie from the first time and I still love it.

Farewell Maria (Glinda Manolescu the "good girl").

I watched it almost twenty years ago, and I still remember it. I'll speak not for myself but for a little child who saw this movie a life ago. I just remember that I was taken by it, by it's beauty. There was something so magical about that movie... I remember that it shook my imagination, especially the butterfly's dancing (special effects without computers %-o). It also had to do with a big deal of kindness - I guess, it was the major message from the people who created that movie. Great movie.

Along with the "Priklyucheniya Buratino (TV)" this movie holds the first place in my "Greatest Films Of All Times And Peoples" top. "Mulholland Drive" and "Donnie Darko" are the second and the third places accordingly. Divine music score. The fairytale is almost unique for there are no evil characters in the story. The best choice for kids. A pleasure to watch for grownups.