Soul: Animated film in which Jamie Foxx’s character suffers an accident. Separated from his body, his soul ends up in a training seminar…
Plot and background
As a music teacher, Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx) not only teaches his New York students about music history, but also prepares them for school performances. His big dream is to one day stand on stage himself and enchant the audience with his jazz music. On an open stage at the Half Note Club, the opportunity finally presents itself to him – and he seizes it. But before he can really take off, he suffers an accident.
Separated from his body, his soul is transferred to the “You Seminar”. At this place, souls are trained and passions are developed. In addition, they are prepared for the return to earth before being transferred into a newborn. In this seminar, Joe meets soul 22 (Tina Fey), who has a hard time in the training programme with her gloomy nature.
The German trailer gives you the streaming start on Disney+
“Soul” – backstory, Oscar win 2021
Lead by “Everything’s Upside Down” director Pete Docter, a new computer-animated animated adventure from Pixar hits theatres in 2020. The film music is a little more special, composed especially by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, with Joe Batiste providing the right touch of jazz.
In the original English version, we hear actor and musician Jamie Foxx (“Ray”) as music teacher Joe, the bleary soul 22 is dubbed by Tina Fey (“Date Night”), also Daveed Diggs (“Wunder”) and “The Roots” drummer Questlove. It has not yet been decided who will lend their voices to the characters in the German dubbing.
At the 2021 Academy Awards, “Soul” could take home two trophies: The award for Best Animated Film as well as Best Soundtrack.
“Soul” – Disney+ launch instead of cinema release
“Soul” will not be released in cinemas on 26 November 2020 as planned, but will be available directly in the Disney+ subscription from 25 December 2020. There, the film is released from 0 years of age.
