Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom

Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom is an Italian CGI animated feature film, based on the television series Winx Club, taking place after the events of the third season. The film premiered on November 30, 2007 in Italian cinemas.

Rainbow S.p.A. offered the film to the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia sings the film's theme song, "All the Magic". Elisa Rosselli performed the other songs: "Fly", "You're the One", "Enchantix, Shining so Bright", "Only a Girl" and "You Made Me a Woman". The movie was released on DVD in Italy in early March 2008.

Synopsis
At Alfea College, Stella, Aisha, Flora, Musa and Tecna all graduate and become fairy guardians of their home planets. Since the witches destroyed Bloom's home planet, she must watch graduation from the sidelines. Daphne, Bloom's sister, tells Bloom that there is still hope of saving their parents. Together, the Winx travel to Domino to find King Oritel's sword and revive Bloom's birth parents and the entire planet. This is no small feat, especially with evil sorceress on their glittery heels.

Netflix
This animated fantasy series continues from the original adventures of the teenage Winx Club, with the universe now temporarily safe from evil. Fairy-powered teens go on a quest to find a princess's parents. They will need more than magic to find them.

Plot
The story begins sometime after the third season with Valtor defeated and the magical dimension safe for the time being.

An unseen narrator begins to speak about a girl who discovered that she was a fairy and a princess: Bloom. Though her story is a magical one, it is one without an ending. The story will only have one when the girl writes the ending.

The scene changes to show six cloaked figures: the Winx. Bloom and her friends are on a search for Bloom's parents, King Oritel and Queen Marion which could change Bloom's life forever. The girls are on their way to find Hagen, a swordsmith who once forged the Sword of King Oritel. The girls successfully sneak into the castle but due to Stella's mistake, are forced to battle Hagen's robot guards. Fortunately, Bloom ends the battle by using her Dragon Fire to destroy their power source. Hagen then holds Bloom at swordpoint in anger for the Winx girls trespassing his castle but Faragonda arrives in time to stop him. Hagen was surprised to know that an heir to the throne of Domino is still alive.

At Alfea, Bloom, Hagen and Faragonda talk in her office. On Hagen's comment about the decoration of the school, Faragonda explains that some fairies are leaving the school to end their journey and become Guardian Fairies: all of the Winx except Bloom, because her Enchantix is still incomplete. Bloom then asks Hagen if he can sense the sword that he forged for her father, a sword that can never be separated from its master. Hagen states that he has been searching for the sword for years to find her parents but has not sensed it. Hagen tells her that she must face reality.

Bloom, faced with the revelation that her dreams are over, runs off in tears and avoids her friends. She goes to the top of the castle where she watches the graduation ceremony. There, she befriends a small cat whom she names Ron. Talking to him and Kiko, she explains that she feels that the world is gray, there is no more hope. Sadly, she sees her friends become Guardian Fairies (a form where they become strong enough to protect their planets) and graduate. Whispering that she loves them, she turns away in grief. Sky appears and comforts her.

Bloom is upset that all she and the Winx have done will not matter anymore. Sky however tells her, "School might be over but life goes on." Riven also speaks to Hagen, asking him why he left the Company of Light. Hagen explains that they all have darkness and light inside them, the key is keeping the darkness in check. That night, there is a party and Bloom dances with Sky on the grounds. He encourages her to keep looking for her parents despite Hagen's words. Unfortunately, a ship arrives and Sky is forced to leave with a mysterious girl. As he goes, he promises that he will explain everything and never leave her.

Back in the dorm, the girls decide to remember the good times by partying together one last time. The next morning, Bloom leaves for Earth to stay with her adoptive parents for the time-being. Though she seems happy, Mike feels that Bloom is uncomfortable living on Earth. Vanessa agrees, stating, "This is not her world anymore." Since she left Alfea about four months have past, and on December 10th Bloom sees in a dream what happened to her parents. Her father was pulled into another dimension by the Ancestral Witches while her mother absorbed herself into the sword in order to be with him. Daphne then appears and tells Bloom that there is still hope; their parents are still alive. She gives Bloom her mask, telling her it will help her to see Domino before it was destroyed. She also tells her about the Book of Fate, a book their father kept that tells the history of Domino. Daphne gives Bloom its location before she vanishes, telling Bloom that she is not alone.

In the morning, Bloom is surprised to see all her friends plus Sky there to celebrate her birthday. Bloom tells them her plan and they all agree to help her. They head to Domino where Bloom wears the mask and finds that Domino was actually a beautiful place. The group head towards the mountains where the book is hidden but Tecna tells them that a legendary bird named the Roc is guarding the library. The boys climb the mountain but thanks to Sky and Riven's arguing, the Roc awakens and flies off with the guys hanging on for dear life.

The girls run to the ship and manage to calm the bird with Musa's music and let it land. Inside the library, they meet Bartelby, Oritel's scribe in ghost form, who shows them the Book of Fate. In it, they discover that Oritel as well as all the people of Domino are trapped in a horrible dimension called Obsidian. Bloom learns that she must travel there to free them. Wanting to learn more, Bartelby lets her turn the page but discovers jumbled words; the future has not yet been written.

Meanwhile, Riven is bitten by Mandragora's spy bug and becomes her puppet. Soon after, Alfea is attacked by Mandragora but the Winx, Mirta, the teachers, and Faragonda are able to stop her. Bloom asks Faragonda to tell her more about Obsidian and learns about its cruel nature, how all the nightmares of the universe are within it. Just before they leave, Bloom looks at the Book of Fate and is shocked to see her parents wedding photo turn into a picture of her and Sky at the altar. Throwing the book aside in surprise, the picture changes into everyone fixing the school, which soon comes true.

The group head to Pixie Village where they enter the Tree of Portals. Only Bloom stays behind as she is not yet a full Enchantix fairy to become smaller. Unfortunately, Jolly triggers an explosion inside the tree which causes the keys to become jumbled. Thankfully, Lockette finds the correct key and they all head to the gateway to the Obsidian dimension.

As the girls enter, Mandragora appears and Riven begins to battle Sky. As he is about to stab him, Musa jumps in front of him and is injured. Riven sees what he has done and recalls all that they have been through together. A tear falls from Riven's eyes that removes all the darkness that had been there before. This tear falls on Musa's face and she opens her eyes. He lifts her up and tells her that he now knows what he must fight for her. Mandragora traps the Specialists in a jelly-like substance, that shrinks with them inside it. But Riven gets them free by punching Mandragora.

In Obsidian, the girls battle their greatest fears but survive. Next, Bloom sees a figure of stone that looks like her father. To her horror, the Ancestral Witches tell her that the figure is her father frozen in stone. The witches force her to make a choice between destroying the sword and saving her Earth parents or taking the sword and letting Mandragora kill them. Luckily, Bloom sees, that in the image, her father, who is allergic to cats, is not sneezing as he pets Ron. Bloom realizes that it was trick, and points out that her father was allergic to cats. Sky arrives moments later and takes the sword but supposedly dies as he is not a king and only a king can take the sword.

Feeling all alone, Bloom is ready to give up when Daphne appears and reminds her that she is never alone. Bloom wears the mask and Daphne joins with her to destroy the witches. Suddenly, Sky wakes up and helps destroy the Obsidian dimension, freeing everyone, restoring Domino and completing Bloom's Enchantix, and bringing back Oritel into human form, who in turn releases Marion who was inside Oritel's sword. Sky explains that he was now the King of Eraklyon and that his coronation was on the night he left Bloom at Alfea. Domino is restored and Bloom is finally reunited with her birth parents. There is a party afterwards where Oritel and Marion promise Bloom that they will be around for the rest of her life. Mike and Vanessa are there too and Bloom hugs them affectionately.

Oritel begins the traditional father-daughter dance but lets Bloom dance with Sky. As the whole group dances, Sky swings by Brandon and Stella and takes a beautiful blue and silver box from Brandon. Moving away, Sky shows her a diamond ring. Leaning down, he whispers quietly to Bloom, asking her if she will marry him. Happier than ever, Bloom accepts and kisses him passionately. Bartelby then appears by the Book of Fate, telling the audience that the prophecy has been fulfilled and there is a new Company of Light - The Winx.

However, it is soon revealed the three Ancestral Witches have not been destroyed. Instead, they were freed and are finding new bodies to take over and destroy the Winx. They are shown with their descendants, the Trix - Icy, Darcy, and Stormy, and both the Ancestresses and the Trix are cackling madly.

Spells Used

 * Magic Winding Ivy - Used by Flora against Hagen's robots.
 * Fury of the Dragon - Used by Bloom speed up the ship.
 * Cloud Breaker - Used by Stella to move the clouds that blocked the sun.
 * Full Dragon Energy - Used by Bloom against Hagen's robots.
 * Fusion Fire - Used by Bloom to melt the wall.
 * Sea of Light - Used by Stella against Hagen's robots.
 * Dragon's Flame Sphere - Used by Bloom against the Ancestral Witches.
 * Firewall - Used by Tecna to defend Stella, Musa and herself, but failed.
 * Power of Sound - Used by Musa in a convergence against Mandragora.
 * Power of the Sun - Used by Stella in a convergence against Mandragora.
 * Energy of Mother Earth - Used by Flora in a convergence against Mandragora.
 * Technomagical Union - Used by Tecna in a convergence against Mandragora.
 * Pure Enchanted Morphix - Used by Aisha in a convergence against Mandragora.
 * Sonic Shield - Used by Musa to defend Aisha but failed.
 * Magnetic Storm - Used by Tecna against Hagen's robots.
 * Power of Harmony - Used by Musa to calm Roc.
 * Super Vibration - Used by Mirta against the monster.
 * Eternal Darkness - Used by Liliss to give Mandragora power.
 * Bottomless Ice - Used by Belladonna to give Mandragora power.
 * Unchained Lightning - Used by Tharma to give Mandragora power.
 * Giant Nightmare Swarm - Used by Mandragora against Stella, Musa, and Tecna.
 * Infinite Darkness - Used by Mandragora against Griselda, Stella, Musa and Tecna.
 * Flaming Blades - Used by Palladium against the giant worm.

Cut Scenes
Some scenes were cut/shortened in the English dub (also present in many other dubs of the film):
 * The part where Aisha twirls her wand (the last couple frames of this part were, however, still intact).
 * Zooming to Bloom, right after Aisha takes the hit from one of the blades of Hagen's guards, where she says: "Oh, no, Aisha!"
 * After Stella says, "They are tougher than we thought, and uglier too!" it cuts to Flora chanting what originally was "Magic Winding Ivy" as "Maybe this will slow them down." and then, the chanting was used while the vines are tangling the guards.
 * The entire scene with Riven and Hagen talking, fading straight to the Winx looking at Bloom from the balcony.
 * A shot of Musa and Stella when the group comforts Bloom with a hug in the bedroom.

Soundtrack
This movie has two soundtracks. One released in 2010 as a digital album containing seven songs and another in 2013 as an extended play with only six songs.

2010

 * 1) "You're the One"
 * 2) "Fly"
 * 3) "Only a Girl"
 * 4) "You Made Me a Woman"
 * 5) "Enchantix, Shining so Bright"
 * 6) "Stand Up"
 * 7) "All the Magic"

2013

 * 1) "You're the One"
 * 2) "Fly"
 * 3) "Only a Girl"
 * 4) "You Made Me a Woman"
 * 5) "Enchantix, Shining so Bright"
 * 6) "Stand Up"

Distribution
A live action dance show was performed to promote the film at the 2007 Rome FilmFest. In the first week of showing, the film was distributed in 665 cinemas and had 420,000 viewers. It received 1,979,972 euros ($3,074,695.84 US), this made the movie the most watched movie on the weekend, this is also the biggest opening for an animated film in Italy. In total it grossed € 4,620,651. It was released on DVD in Italy in March 2008 and July 2010 in Russia, with an Italian soundtrack; the German release offers a choice of German and English. A full upscaled (Full HD) version of the Dubbing Brothers dub was released from the official English YouTube channel early in 2017, but Rainbow has no plans to release the film on Blu-ray yet. The Dubbing Brothers dub was subsequently removed from the official English YouTube channel, but is uploaded by WinxClubEnglish.

Reception and Criticism
Hollywood Reporter regards the message of the film as simplistic and feels the main attraction in the film is the fashionable fairies' outfits.

Songs

 * "You're the One"
 * "Enchantix, Shining so Bright"
 * "You Made Me a Woman"
 * "Only a Girl"
 * "All the Magic"
 * "You're the One" (Insert)
 * "Fly"
 * "All the Magic", "Only a Girl" (ED)

Scripts

 * Dubbing Brothers
 * Nickelodeon

Trivia

 * In the Nickelodeon dub, the Winx once again said their names and the type of powers they have during their Enchantix transformation. This is similar to Nickelodeon's Magic Charmix transformation in the four one-hour specials, Nickelodeon's dub of Season 3,4 and from Season 5 onwards.
 * As seen in the movie (and later, Season 4 and 8), the Enchantix music is changed.
 * A few scenes were cut in the English version, as well as many other language versions of the film. Like the one when Hagen and Riven talk in the balcony and when the Winx enter the Library. A few dubs where the scenes are not cut include: French, European Portuguese, Turkish, and Dutch.
 * Iginio Straffi has noted that it was difficult to animate the girls' hair correctly in 3D.