April and the Extraordinary World

2015 106 min ★ 7.1 Thriller, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction

It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

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Cast

Marion Cotillard

Avril (voice)

Philippe Katerine

Darwin (voice)

Jean Rochefort

Pops (voice)

Olivier Gourmet

Paul (voice)

Marc-André Grondin

Julius (voice)

Bouli Lanners

Pizoni (voice)

Anne Coesens

Chimène (voice)

Macha Grenon

Annette (voice)

Benoît Brière

Rodrigue (voice)

Gérard Dessalles

(voice)

Details

Director

Franck Ekinci

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Budget

$10,000,000

Production

StudioCanal, Je suis bien content, Kaïbou, Need Productions, ARTE France Cinéma, Jouror Distribution, RTBF, Proximus, Tchack

Reviews

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Reno

September 1, 2016

★ 8/10

> The adventures of the family of scientists. As a film fanatic who grew up watching lots of 2D animations, I'm very happy to see they're still alive in other parts of the world after Hollywood abandoned them for 3D animations. Especially when it comes to this kind of animation, obviously the France produced some extraordinary films in the recent years such as 'Ernest & Celestine', 'A Cat in Pa...

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CinemaSerf

June 20, 2023

★ 7/10

In reality, it maybe slap bang in the middle of WWII, but this version of Paris is stuck in a time loop - an industrial city where progress has been stifled, the Empire still rules and over the last half century the brains that have provided for so much of their technology have been steadily disappearing. No phones, no radio, electricity. Where have all the boffins being going? Is France destined ...