ELEPHANT KISS

Family feature - Kids fantasy/Adventure

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An imaginative but self-conscious Jess and her misfit friends, decide to give their ill dog Maxx, a final adventure.

 

They follow an incomplete comic book, created by Jess's Dad who passed away and who tasked her with completing a story. She creates a mythical land where animals can be cured by a "kiss" from a magical elephant called Mythra.

 

They find mysterious clues around the forest, unsure who left them. Jess's young sister Rosa is convinced it's their Dad trying to help. Jess refuses to believe as she's never been given a sign he's around.

 

Jess leads them to dangerous terrains where they use their imaginations to fill in the gaps of the comic story to retrieve magic jewels needed to find the land. Their wacky ideas come to life - creating fantastical challenges and beasts, including a winged wolf creature, brought to reality by Jess's fear, and intent on taking Maxx.

 

Jess realises finding the land will mean saying goodbye to Maxx and makes the challenges difficult. The landscapes become perilous and their lives are actually in danger with crumbling caves, raging rivers and an ever approaching storm.

 

Soon, the comic runs out of drawings and clues dry up. They come to a dead-end and Jess wants to give up. The kids finally realise she doesn't want to end the story and through their friendship, teach Jess to accept Maxx's fate and realise her unique talent as a storyteller.

She doesn't need the comic.

 

Jess accepts what she must do; finish the story and finish the adventure for Maxx. 

 

They find the land through the power of belief but must leave Maxx behind in the paradise realm.

 

They return back to reality, where Jess finishes her comic and finds a magical inscription from her Dad praising her for her story. The comic magically shows her the immediate future - little puppies come rushing round the corner, all looking like Maxx.

 

Jess realises they were being guided by her Dad all along to show her how strong her imagination is and to realise the power of belief.

 

And while Jess and her friends play happily with the puppies, we see Maxx and her Dad watching them from the land of Mythra.