Synopsis:
It’s 1941 but France is trapped in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon V, where scientists vanish mysteriously. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.
- Director:
- Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci
- Year:
- 2016
- Running time:
- 106 min.
- Technique:
- 3D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Original title:
- Avril et le Monde truqué
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Michel Dutheil
- Animators:
- Antoine Antin, Benjamin Arcand, Alexandre Boyer, Mathieu Chaptel, Thomas Charra, Michael Crouzat, Jonathan Ng, Xavier Ramonède, Mario Richard, David Routhier, Sébastien Rouxel, Gaelle Thierry
- Script writers:
- Franck Ekinci, Benjamin Legrand
- Music composer:
- Valentin Hadjadj
- Sound designers:
- David Berthier, Damien Boitel, Rich Cerbini, Pascal Dedeye, Gregory Erb, Frédéric Furnelle, Yann Lacan, François Lambert, Thierry Lebon, Aurélien Mauro, Gaël Morice, Ernie Sheesley, Jamie Simone
- Editor:
- Nazim Meslem
- Productions:
- Studio Canal, Kaibou Production UMT, Need Productions, Arte, Je Suis Bien Content
- Distributions:
- StudioCanal, O’Brother Distribution, Métropole Films Distribution
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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