Retour sur le Cartoon movie 2017 : focus sur les longs métrages français

Amundsen & Nobile

de Kajsa Næss

Production : Mikrofilm, Denis Friedman Productions

Synopsis : After triumphing in the deadly race for the South Pole, explorer superstar Roald Amundsen suffers from post-expedition blues. The only remedy is a new Polar conquest. Tired of skiing, Amundsen gets a remarkable idea: to fly to the North Pole in an airship. Italian airship engineer Umberto Nobile dreams of glory and old adventure, despite being an indoorsy type. When Amundsen commissions a zeppelin, Nobile grasps the opportunity for fame. He brings along his beloved lapdog Titina, despite her obvious unsuitability for wilderness bravery. A polar epic about the mysterious death of Roald Amundsen, the utter disgrace of Umberto Nobile, and about Titina: the first fox terrier on the North Pole.

Charlotte

de Bibo Bergeron

Production : Les Productions Balthazar, Walking The Dog, January Films, Les Films du Poisson Rouge, Folimage

Synopsis : Berlin,1930’s. Charlotte paints and draws obsessively. She begins to develop her own style at the Art Academy but is expelled after two years for being Jewish. Charlotte must take refuge with her grandparents in the south of France. Soon after her arrival, her grandmother commits suicide. Charlotte’s grandfather tells her of the family’s long legacy of suicide. She decides to do something extraordinary as an act of survival: she will paint her life. Through art, she imposes meaning onto the chaos inside her and around her. At 26, she is deported to Auschwitz. This extraordinary destiny is Charlotte Salomon’s, a story of survival and hope. Her paintings have been exhibited in major museums.

Publics adolescents/adultes 

Crazy Island

de Jesper Moller

Production : Grid Animation, Tinkerland, Wunderwerk, Zooper Film

Synopsis : The human island and the animal island are in danger of sinking into the ocean. Water rises a little higher every day and they all appear to be doomed. The humans just decide to build a big ship, sail off and find themselves a new island. Lion King Leonardo promises the animals will be saved but Hugo Caterpillar and Ollie the Giraffe don’t believe him: the humans have never cared about the animals so why should they care now?

Flee

de Johan Poher Rasmussen

Production : Final Cut For Real, Sun Creature Studio, Vivement Lundi!

Synopsis : “FLEE” is an animated documentary about how it is to flee for your life, seen through the eyes of a boy who looses his innocence and becomes a man on the journey. It’s the story about how people are forced from their homes and into the hands of human traffickers who take them on a journey through hostile environments and cynical bureaucracies.

Publics adolescents/adultes 

Icarus

de Carlo Vogele

Production : Iris Productions, Iris Films, Rezo Productions

Synopsis : Among fierce debates, Zeus, Poseidon and Aphrodite are writing a myth set in ancient Crete for Gods & Gossip Magazine: Icarus lives a humble life in the sculpture workshop of his beloved father, famous inventor Daedalus. When he discovers a little boy with a bull’s head hidden in the royal palace, a tender friendship rocks his world. But when King Minos emprisons the “Monster” in a secret maze built by Daedalus, Icarus loses his only friend and his trust in his father. As Prince Theseus arrives to kill the Minotaur, Icarus seizes one last chance to save his childhood friend. After a fateful night of death and betrayal, his disillusion culminates in a tragic choice between darkness and light.

Josep

d'Aurélien Froment

Production : Les Films d'Ici Méditerranée, Les Films d'Ici, La Fabrique Animation

Synopsis : Complètement submergé par le flot de Républicains fuyant la dictature de Franco, le gouvernement français ne trouve comme solution que de parquer ces Espagnols dans des camps de concentration où les réfugiés n'auront d'autres choix que de construire leurs propres baraquements, de se nourrir des chevaux qui les ont portés hors de leur pays, et de mourir par centaines à cause du manque d'hygiène et d'eau... Dans un de ces camps, deux hommes séparés par un fil de fer barbelé vont se lier d'amitié. L'un est gendarme, l'autre est Josep Bartoli (Barcelone 1910 - New York 1995), combattant antifranquiste et dessinateur.

Publics adolescents/adultes 

Miss Saturne

de Jérôme Combe et Barbara Israël

Production : Prima Linea Productions, Artemis Productions, Fortiche Production

Synopsis : In the 80’s city of Nice (France), Clara, Tom and Paula are wandering in their young lives as if in a labyrinth, deserately looking to find the golden thread that would prove that something in this world make sense. Passionates about the New Wave’s music, the three teenagers are living an experience that is both breathtaking and bitter: in quest of themselves, they’ll also learn that the discovery of Others’ can be a source of disenchantment. Considering themselves as genuine thrill-seekers, they intend to lead make their own way in a world they’re sure to understand, however ignoring it’s actual cynicism. Going out every night, they’ll make several exhilarating encounters, which will leave them with wounds and permanent scars.

Publics adolescents/adultes 

My Sunny Maad

de Michaela Pavlatova

Production : Sacrebleu Productions, Negativ

Synopsis : Welcome to Kabul: one family, countless secrets. When Herra, a Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan, she has no idea about the life that awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor about the family she is about to join. A grandfather who is a feminist, an adopted young boy who astounds with his intellect, and Freshta, who will do anything to run away from her abusive husband. Like the other women in the family, Herra wears a burka and hides in a closet when guests arrive. She soon starts a new job with an American woman, Heidi, who has little understanding of the way women live in Afghanistan, and still less that not everybody wants to be saved by Westerners.

Publics adolescents/adultes 

Super Vinamotor

de Stéphanie Lansaque et François Leroy

Production : Je suis bien content (JSBC)

Synopsis : Kim, un jeune caïd injustement accusé de trahison, est contraint de fuir Saïgon et sa mafia chinoise. Blessé et désorienté, il est recueilli par un duo improbable : Thao, un vieil unijambiste accro au jeu, et sa petite-fille Lan. À travers les petites routes du Delta du Mékong, le trio prend la fuite vers le Cambodge...

Publics adolescents/adultes 

The Red Jungle

de Juan Lozano et Zoltan Horvath

Production : Dolce Vita Films, Intermezzo Films

Synopsis : On March 1st 2008, Commander Raúl Reyes, number 2 of the FARC, died in the jungle under the ton of bombs dropped by the CIA and the Colombian army. Along with his corpse, the soldiers retrieved his computers: ten years of letters written by the man in charge of negotiating the release of a hundred of hostages who also acted as the head of foreign affairs of the oldest communist guerrilla in the world. An amazing testimony where meet politicians, journalists, arms dealers, diplomats, hitmen, his close relations and even his kids. “The Red Jungle” delves into the mindset of this man who rules the FARC with an iron fist, as the revolutionary utopia was slowly turning into a nightmare.

Publics adolescents/adultes 

The Siren

de Sepideh Farsi

Production : Les Films d'Ici, Lunanime

Synopsis : Novembre 1980, au sud de l'Iran, au début de la guerre opposant l'Iran à l'Irak. Abadan, la capitale de l'industrie iranienne du pétrole résiste aux assauts répétés de l'armée iraquienne, mais est rapidement en état de siège. Omid, un garçon âgé de 14 ans, est resté dans la ville avec son grand-père, attendant son grand-frère parti au front.

Publics adolescents/adultes 

Du Vent dans les roseaux

d'Arnaud Demuynck et Nicolas Liguori

Production : La Boîte...productions, Nadasdy Film, Les Films du Nord

Synopsis : Eliette, une petite fille de huit ans, vit dans un pays où le roi a interdit la musique. Un troubadour venu d’Orient s’y fait confisquer ses instruments. Mais il est peu enclin à la servitude et rencontre Eliette qui a sculpté en cachette une flûte dans un roseau sauvage. Eliette et le troubadour se lient d’amitié. Ensemble ils vont mener le peuple à se libérer de la tyrannie. Cette histoire donne toute sa tonalité au long métrage Le Vent dans les roseaux (62 minutes) dans lequel La Chouette du cinéma, une présentatrice qui s’adresse aux enfants dans le public, offre cinq aventures autour de la liberté, avec des musiques originales, des héroïnes surprenantes, et des graphismes sublimes.

Sortie France : octobre 2017

Bande-annonce

Fabulous Circus

d'Eric Gutierrez

Production : Label Anim

Synopsis : Bad times at the farm. Dad is ruined, animals are depressed, farm buildings are crumbling. Only, 10-year-old Zoé is trying to sort everything out. She’s got a brillant idea. The Fabulous Circus, passing through the area, might stop off at the farm and rent the meadow. For a while, things are going a little better. But bad luck strikes again! The so-called stars (tiger, lamas, panther & giraffe) get sick, so that the “country bumpkins” (cow, pig, donkey & hens) shall replace them at short notice. Some say it will never work. It’s impossible! And yet… Just beware of these two ugly swindlers hidding behind the circus tent! Haven’t they pulled the strings in the shadow since the beginning ?

Panique organique

de Pierre Volto et Marion Montaigne

Production : Je suis bien content (JSBC)

Synopsis : Stiveune, a pre-pubescent 13-year-old boy, is eating his Chocoyums when he accidently swallows the submarine cereal box prize! In his gut, Pistou, a disgruntled bacteria, and Chimou, a somewhat less adventurous sidekick, set off to explore the tween’s body. Their journey will take them to different organs whose normal operations they’ll interfere with. Until they get mixed up in a bewildering task: starting Stiveune down the road of puberty !

Princess Dragon

Anthony Roux et Jean-Jacques Denis

Production : Ankama

Synopsis : Bristle is a little girl raised by dragons. She breathes fire, is as strong as ten men, has scales which make her change color depending on the season, and hair which is home to a whole bunch of small animals. But when her father, Dragon, has to pay the Sorcerog using his second most valuable asset, he offers her Bristle… Throwing her into an infinite sadness and forcing her to flee the family cave. Bristle then embarks on a journey to discover the world of men. Upon meeting them, she will learn the meaning of friendship, solidarity, but also greed, which seems to eat away at the King’s heart. It’s there that Bristle will earn her nickname: the “Princess Dragon”.

Single mom in Korea

de Jung Henin

Production : Marmitafilms, Panda Media

Synopsis : « Joy est une jeune maman célibataire de 27 ans qui m’a contacté lorsque j’étais à Séoul, fin 2015, pour une série de conférences. Nous nous sommes rencontrés dans un café, elle m’a raconté son histoire qui m’a littéralement bouleversé. Le statut des mères célibataires en Corée n’a pas beaucoup évolué depuis les années soixante. La mentalité coréenne est responsable de la majorité des abandons d’enfants. Pour beaucoup de coréens, une femme seule avec un enfant vit dans le péché. Ainsi, comme beaucoup d’autres mamans, Joy aurait abandonné son enfant, si elle n’était pas tombée sur mon film qui l’a fait radicalement changer d’avis… »