Huusild

Huusild is a 1990 animated-musical-dramedy-coming-of-age film produced by MacNamara-Pierre Pictures and distributed by Olympus Distribution around the world except in Canada, where it was distributed by Rufus Pictures. The MacNamara-Pierre's 11th animated feature, the film was directed by animation veterans JB Gallagher and Ari Stewart (being Gallagher's penultimate work and Stewart's last work) and produced by Maximilian MacNamara and Kian Pierre II (in his debut as a producer), from a screenplay written by Gualterio Grimoldi and Laila Sellers. the film is featured by a ensemble voice cast which has included Danielle York, Isabelle Murphy, Jagger Booth, Chiara Costagliola, Jenna Macdonald and Joel Butler. Its original songs were written by Belgian multi-instrumentalist, composer and lyricist Alyssa Duesterhaus, with a score by Brazilian film score composer Emanuel Quadros Borba.

Set in 1930s Wyoming, the film is named after its protagonist, a hunting dog that is a mix of several breeds called "Huusild", he was adopted as a puppy by hunter Ronan Sweeney and was trained to hunt animals in the woods near his caretaker's ranch; however, after years of hunting like any other hound dog, he ends up falling in love with a vixey named Charleigh, who since he was a child used to make fun of the occupation for which Huusild was destined, and when adults, she continued to make fun of him, but with a suggestive tone that was not common before, leaving the dog more and more attracted by the vixey's various attractions. Charleigh also has some feeling related to the dog, but is divided between falling in love with a hunting dog, historical rival of the foxes, or with an animal of her same species, the conceited and poetic fox Adam. In addition to worrying about the possibility of embarrassing his owner by falling in love with a fox, Huusild has to be at his owner's side when he is threatened by the region's influential and dubious farmer Oliver Shaw. The story is narrated by Owlette, an old barn owl who is also part of the story, and also features the humorous Gaige, Malia and Mila (rabbit trio), the snobbish wild cat Dakota, who becomes Charleigh's servant, and the bumbling and bossy peninsular mule deer Rhys and the the passionate hedgehog Gia.

Huusild was released on October 29, 1990, to critical and audience acclaim for its soundtrack, story, themes, and animation. with a worldwide box office of $574 million, it was the highest-grossing film of 1990. It was also the highest-grossing animated film in history until 1997, when it was displaced by Strange Miracle, also produced by MacNamara-Pierre. The film is also the animated film with the most Academy Award nominations to date, being the only animated film to compete in the "Best Picture" category and also won three Golden Globes.

During the mid-1990s, much was speculated about a sequel, which never existed and which MacNamara-Pierre always rejected, as they always said the 1990 title was enough, as at that time they were adept at thinking that sequels meant "lack of of creativity".

Plot
In a rural area of the state of Wyoming, United States in the 1930s, a hunter named Ronan Sweeney adopts a mixed breed puppy and starts training it to be a hunting dog, and replace his old and deceased dog. Ronan works for farmer Oliver Shaw, who demeans Sweeney whenever he can and humiliates him for being from a family that was his grandfather's rival. Huusild on the other hand is adventurous and loves to escape his home and go look at the outside world, and one of these escapes, he meets a cub vixey, she is initially scared of the puppy's presence, but after he introduces himself to her, she then decides to introduce herself as well. Huusild discovers that the name of that little fox is Charleigh, and says that he is training to be a hunting dog, which makes her laugh, after finding the word "hunting" funny, it makes him a little angry, but she notices the revolt on the puppy's face apologizes and starts playing with him. After playing for a long time, the puppy hears his owner call him and then says goodbye to Charleigh and returns home. While this was happening, an owl was smilingly looking at the situation, at this moment, the narrator reveals herself to be the smiling owl, introduces herself to the public and says her name is Owlette.

The film then skips a few months ahead, and now Huusild is already a grown and robust hunting dog, he boasts that he never let his owner down on a hunt, and after some time outside the state of Wyoming, they would finally return to the place. , Ronan had bought land and built a ranch there, upon their return, Huusild soon feels comfortable in the new house, and after a few weeks of rest, during those weeks of rest, one day Huusild is in the yard when he sees a fox in the distance, when approaching, the fox senses his presence and turns sharply, when they look at each other, both seem to vaguely remember having seen each other before, the vixey however, instead of being scared, demonstrates familiarity with the situation, and mocks the dog saying that he had just met a vixey that if he wants to capture, he will have to be a good thinker. The dog tries to counter by saying that foxes are nothing but renegade dogs, but she responds by saying that's why she knows so much about dog tricks. Amidst a lot of conversation, another fox comes between them, asking and asks the vixey if Huusild was bothering her, referring to him as a "hairy four-legged human", she denies that anything is happening and reveals that the intruder's name was Adam, who was a romantic companion to that female fox with whom Huusild talked

Characters

 * Huusild (voiced by Taylor Booth) is the protagonist who gives the film its name, a dog of an unspecified breed who lives an existential crisis after falling in love with a fox he has known since he was a boy, and who seeks a way to put an end to Oliver Shaw's tyranny alongside his caretaker, Ronan Sweeney. Over time, he nurtures a rivalry with Adam, which reaches the extreme limit of trying to kill each other, in search of winning Charleigh's heart.
 * Ryder Huff voiced Huusild as a puppy.
 * Charleigh (voiced by Danielle York) is the film's deutragonist, a young and attractive fox who manages to leave all males of all races drooling, but her real love is the dispute of only two males, the protagonist Huusild and the male fox Adam. She has a nonsense and carefree personality whose is most often responsible for putting her in embarrassing and risky situations. The main victim of her mockery is Rhys, the bossy deer who is proud to be the leader of the animals in that forest.
 * Naomi Lee voiced Charleigh as a cub.
 * Adam (voiced by Joel Butler) he is the antagonist to the story, he is a corpulent and charming fox who falls in love with Charleigh, he start to have some relationship with the vixey even when cubs, although he is never presented in his cub version, when he learns of such relationship between his beloved and the hunting dog Huusild, he gets a little more jealous and oppressive with his girlfriend, which brings a controversial scene to the film, when he is hinted by Owlette that perhaps Adam raped Charleigh at some point in the film. By the end of the film, his flirtatious personality gives way to a psychotic personality.
 * Ronan Sweeney (voiced by Camilo Valencia) the tritagonist of the film, owner of Huusild and an impeccable hunter, Ronan is a man who is around 40 years old and who seeks to lead a peaceful life on his ranch, but is pursued by farmer Oliver Shaw, who has ambition to take Sweeney the land where your house is located due to the fertile land of the place.
 * Oliver Shaw (voiced by Trevon Rose) is a secondary villain in the film, who tries in every way to remove Ronan from his land to claim the fertile land there, he also has business and political influence in the region, and at the end of the film he uses this to try to defeat Sweeney.
 * Owlette (voiced by Chiara Costagliola) is a secondary character of the film, she is a mentor of sorts to the characters in the film except for the humans and Adam, who refuses to listen to her. She is also the voice that narrates the film and tells the viewer scenes not spoken by the characters.
 * Dakota (voiced by Jade Dawson) is a domestic kitten with a rebel and wild alterego that is cared for by Oliver Shaw, she is well behaved at first, but after hitting her head on a branch, she spends the rest of the film with another personality that is not her own, no wonder her name was different before hitting her head, after the incident, she only accepts being called "Dakota" for some unspoken reason. She becomes Charleigh's helper who helps her with some activities.
 * Gaige, Malia and Mila (voiced by Truman Mcpherson as Gaige, Isabelle Murphy as Malia and Jenna Macdonald as Mila) trio that is part of the humorous group of the film along with Dakota and Rhys, they are also friends of Huusild and support his love with Charleigh. They also claim to be "disciples" of Owlette and are servants of Adam, who annoys them when he snubs them.
 * Rhys (voiced by Jagger Booth) is a bossy but clumsy peninsular mule deer, who boasts that he is treated as the leader of the animals in that forest, and who at first does not accept Huusild's entry there because he is a hunting dog, this causes him to be endlessly mocked by Charleigh, which makes him explode just hearing the vixey's name.
 * Gia (voiced by Karla Molina) is Charleigh's long-time friend who is a sweet person and who is the only one who never sees the strangeness of her friend's passion for Huusild and who disgusts Adam.