Altötting

Name: Altötting
Uploaded: 2021-10-24T08:27:00.000Z
Duration: 11 min
Description: In the small Bavarian pilgrimage town of Altötting, a boy who visits the chapel with his mother falls in love with its shrine of the Virgin Mary and returns to see her every day. As he grows up, his devotion turns to disillusion when he discovers the secret behind her eternal beauty. Andreas Hykade's animated coming-of-age story is about love, faith, mortality and lost innocence.

by Andreas Hykade

English
Canada, Germany, Portugal
11 min

In the small Bavarian pilgrimage town of Altötting, a boy who visits the chapel with his mother falls in love with its shrine of the Virgin Mary and returns to see her every day. As he grows up, his devotion turns to disillusion when he discovers the secret behind her eternal beauty. Andreas Hykade's animated coming-of-age story is about love, faith, mortality and lost innocence.