Barbie in the lakes of the swans

Barbie of Swan Lake or Barbie in Swan Lake in Latin America. It is a 2003 Barbie direct-to-video film directed by Owen Hurley. It is the third in the series of computer-animated Barbie films. The story is loosely adapted from the ballet "Swan Lake" and features the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. This is the third Barbie movie narrated by her to her little sister Kelly and is also the second to be based on a ballet by Tchaikovsky, the first being Barbie in the Nutcracker.

Original title Barbie of Swan Lake

Year 2003

Duration 81 min.

Country United States

Direction Owen Hurley

Script Elana Lesser, Cliff Ruby

Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Photography Animation

Cast Animation

Producer Mainframe Entertainment, Mattel

Genre Animation. Fantastic. Musical | Family cinema. Stories

Groups Barbie

Synopsis

Barbie comes to life in this her third adventure, based on the famous fairy tale and featuring music by Tchaikovsky.

The story of Odette is that of a young maiden who lives with her father, a humble man by trade as a baker who earns his living day by day with the help of her daughter. One ordinary day, while the young girl is in the town, she manages to see a unicorn in the distance that escaped. of the enchanted forest. Odette is curious and follows him to enter the enchanted forest. Without planning it, she moves a magical crystal that no one has ever been able to remove.

she Then she starts the magical legend that states that the person who can remove that crystal will be able to remove it. defeat the evil sorcerer named Rothbart, who plans to take power over the entire kingdom. Despite feeling afraid, Odette decides to confront Rothbart, but he puts a spell on her that turns her into a beautiful swan. Despite her pleas, the girl is not returned to her human form and she decides to seek the help she needs.

Odette will know to Prince Daniel who will remain captivated by his beauty as a swan and as a human. The prince will help the young maiden to defeat Rothbart and find the cure to the spell that traps her. During the search they will learn that true love is the only thing that can stop Rothbart's evil, after a great fight with him that will put them in danger. in danger the life of one of our beloved characters.

Complete plot

The film begins with Barbie telling her younger sister Kelly, who feels uncomfortable being at an overnight camp for the first time. She remembers the story as she sees the constellations, starting after finding Cygnus.

The story begins with Odette dancing in the bakery of her father, the baker. A unicorn named Lila arrives at the village, manages to escape the hunters and runs towards an enchanted forest with Odette hot on her heels. Lila is trapped and without knowing it, Odette removes a magical crystal (which was destined that anyone who removed it would have to face Rothbart, an evil, evil, cruel and powerful witch of the forests), without knowing that the fairy queen was watching.

She uses it to free Lila and the fairy queen tells Odette that she is the one chosen by the crystal for letting her remove it from the tree. She explains that Odette is the one who is going to purge the evil from the forests, the fairy queen's cousin, Rothbart. Odette, not wanting to get involved in the situation, refuses. The fairy queen accepts it, but has Lila escort her and try to convince her. Rothbart appears in the woods with his daughter. There She finds herself trapped and transformed into a swan by the evil wizard, who wants to use Odette and the crystal to defeat her enemy, the fairy queen. The fairy queen is able to partially counteract the spell so that Odette retains her human form at night, although she will still have to do so. You have to become a swan during the day.

Odette also meets the other wood elves: Carlita, now a skunk; Ivan, a porcupine, like this like some others. Odette's father and her sister, Marie, begin searching for her. Prince Daniel, the prince who lives in the castle in the town of Odette, (a man of spirit, who prefers to explore rather than marry, much to the dismay of the his mother).

The fairy queen also gives Odette a crown with the crystal with which she will be killed. Rothbart's protégé. Odette is Determined to find a solution to the problem and she goes to a magical library to find it. However, they are unable to locate the book and Odette becomes disappointed. Rothbart sets up a trap for Prince Daniel to enter the forest, trying to hunt down Odette. However, Daniel is captivated by the beauty of the swan and decides to let her live. The two fall in love when he sees her true form.

Daniel asks Odette to accompany him to a dance, but at first she refuses until Daniel finally convinces her to go. Soon, Erasmus, the troll in charge of the library arrives, having found the book. He reveals to them that the solution is true love. Realizing that Daniel can save them all, the fairy queen teaches Odette how to waltz for the ball, but they are interrupted when Erasmus is kidnapped by Rothbart. Our heroine manages to save him, but Rothbart learns what will happen to him. his fall. Thus, he transforms his daughter Odile to look like Odette in Daniel's eyes.

Odette runs (or rather she flies) to reach Daniel but it is too late. At the ball the prince declares his love for Odile, thinking she was Odette. Odette, who was trapped outside in swan form, is unable to tell Daniel about her trick. Odette falls to the ground, the crystal loses its power, and she is devastated. mortally weak.

Rothbart reveals the truth and he and Odile escape. Daniel runs after them and the fairy queen tries to revive Odette, who is dead. She barely alive. However, Rothbart turns her into a mouse and tries to kill Odette and Daniel. The two fall on top of each other, hands intertwined.

At that moment, the power crystal explodes, stopping Rothbart, as the two were truly in love. The two wake up and all of Rothbart's evil is undone. Finally, Odette and Prince Daniel confess their love for each other. Everyone in the village and the enchanted forest celebrates. It is revealed that Odette and Daniel have married and are finally happy. Rothbart is turned into a cuckoo clock, while Odile is a maid.

In the end, it is shown that the story has given Kelly a new perspective and she promises that she will participate in the story. in the race the next day. She yawns and goes to bed, with Barbie smiling behind her.

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