Synopsis:
Set in the golden 1920s. At the spirited, magical café performer Lewis meets Coco who is still looking for Mr. Right despite few disappointments. The café spares no efforts in bringing the two together.
- Director:
- Benedikt Toniolo
- Year:
- 2016
- Country:
- Germany
- Running time:
- 8 min.
- Technique:
- Pixilation, Other
- Original title:
- Café D'Amour - Eine pixilierte Slapstick Komödie
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Ines Schiller
- Animators:
- Fritz Penzlin, Grigori Zurkan, Laura Oechel, Ninett Dahnke, Benedikt Toniolo, Nicolas Hammerschlag, Martin Frimel, Sophia Schönborn, Anna Luisa Schmidt
- Script writers:
- Vera Trajanova, Anton Backmann, Benedikt Toniolo
- Music composer:
- Alin Cristian Oprea
- Sound designers:
- Peter Sandmann, Christoph Kozik
- Editor:
- Friedericke Hohmuth
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- StopTrik International Film Festival
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