Louis and Luca – The Big Cheese Race

Louis and Luca – The Big Cheese Race (Norwegian: Solan og Ludvig – Herfra til Flåklypa) is a 2015 Norwegian stop motion animated film directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen from a screenplay by Karsten Fullu, based on the characters by Kjell Aukrust.^[1][2] A sequel to Solan and Ludvig: Christmas in Pinchcliffe (2013), it is the second film in a trilogy of stop motion animated films based on Aukrust's Flåklypa universe, and the fourth film overall.^[1] A co-production between Qvisten Animation and Maipo Film, with support and input from the Kari and Kjell Aukrust's Foundation, Louis and Luca – The Big Cheese Race was released in Norwegian cinemas on 25 December 2015, where it received 241,472 admissions. It was followed by Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon (2018), the final film in Sivertsen's trilogy.

Louis and Luca – The Big Cheese Race
Norwegian	Solan og Ludvig – Herfra til Flåklypa
Directed by	Rasmus A. Sivertsen
Screenplay by	Karsten Fullu
Produced by	Cornelia Boysen Ove Heiborg Synnøve Hørsdal
Music by	Knut Avenstroup Haugen
Production companies	Qvisten Animation Maipo Film Kari and Kjell Aukrust's Foundation
Distributed by	Nordic Film Distribution
Release date	25 December 2015 (2015-12-25)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian

Voice cast

Norwegian voice cast:^[3]

• Kari-Ann Grønsund as Solan Gundersen (Louis), an anthropomorphic magpie.
• Trond Høvik as Ludvig (Luca), an anthropomorphic hedgehog.
• Per Skjølsvik as Reodor Felgen
• Fridtjov Såheim as Ollvar O. Kleppvold
• Bjarte Hjelmeland as Olram Slåpen
• Steinar Sagen as Emanuel Desperados
• Kåre Conradi as Frimand Pløsen
• John Brungot as Melvind and an elderly man

Release

Louis and Luca – The Big Cheese Race was released in Norwegian cinemas on 25 December 2015, and received 241,472 admissions. It was distributed by Nordic Film Distribution.^[4]