Walter His Own Self

Our hero is an unlikely sort. He’s from a timid culture. A society that not only encourages timidity and fearfulness from birth, but also indoctrinates its youth through an institutional pogram designed to rat out any visage of individuality, free-thought and fearlessness. Into this world is born our hero. He’s small, much smaller than others of his species, but his heart is full of large promise. From birth, he doesn’t comprehend the authoritarian methods enacted by the elders.  He is exiled as a heretic and sent into the dungeons, where the rats live in vile darkness. A darkness that engulfs their world, as well as their hearts. It is expected that he will not survive.

Out of the black our hero develops his courage and destiny and brings back the light of tolerance, honesty, truth and openness. It is the tale of Despereux, a film based on a best-selling book. And it is charming and rewarding for both young and old.