Coraline, a new film

...from the director of A Nightmare Before Christmas

Coraline Jones moves into the Pink Palace Apartments in Ashland, Oregon with her parents . On the first week of her moving in she meets a strange boy named Wybie Lovat .Wybie´s grandmother used to live in the Pink Palace. He gives her a doll that resembles Coraline the next day. Coraline also finds a black cat that is familiar to the neighborhood and is often tended by Wybie.

While exploring her new place, Coraline finds and opens a small door covering a bricked-up section of wall. That night, Coraline follows a small mouse that goes through a dark corridor behind the door, which leads her to a world parallel to the house grounds. There she encounters beings who claim to be her "Other" parents , who visually resemble her real parents with the exception of having black buttons for eyes. The black-button-eyed inhabitants of this fantastical Other World prove to be much more interesting and attentive than those from her own world, particularly her Other Mother, who does everything she can to keep Coraline happy. In the Other World she also encounters the black cat, which is able to speak here; it warns her not to be easily tricked by the Other Mother...read more