When tragedy strikes, however, Ferdinand flees the compound and eventually finds himself a bucolic new home with a young girl named Nina (voiced by Lily Day), her father Juan (Juanes) and a gruff old dog named Paco (Jerrod Carmichael).
When we meet Ferdinand as a calf, he lives on an estate with his father and other Spanish fighting bulls, although he himself has no interest in getting into the ring. Nowadays Ferdinand would be considered either a snowflake or a welcome relief from all the belligerence and rancor in the world, but we’d like to think that his gentle tale is really just about being true to oneself.įerdinand, the new adaptation of the story from Fox’s Blue Sky Studios animation shop, retains a gentle, sweet charm even as it expands Munro Leaf’s 32-page story to feature length and delves into some surprisingly dark material. Back then it was accused of promoting fascism, pacifism, and anarchism, as some viewed the title character - a massive bull who would rather sit and smell flowers than get into a gory battle in the bullring - as a symbol for striking workers.
The classic children’s book The Story of Ferdinand has been in print continuously since it was first published in 1936.
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