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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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)
Director
Christian Desmares
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
Reno
September 1, 2016
> 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...
CinemaSerf
June 20, 2023
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 ...
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