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The Man Without a Shadow

2004 | 10 min.
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Why bother dragging around one’s shadow? A man agrees to a pact with a magician and swaps his shadow for riches. He soon discovers that the absence of a shadow can be a humiliating handicap.

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  • Director: Georges Schwizgebel
  • Year: 2004
  • Country: CHE, CAN
  • Running time: 10
  • Animation technique: painting
  • Title original: L'homme sans ombre
  • Festival selection: Animafest, 2020

The Man Without a Shadow

  • Director: Georges Schwizgebel
  • Year: 2004
  • Country: CHE, CAN
  • Running time: 10
  • Animation technique: painting
  • Title original: L'homme sans ombre
  • Festival selection: Animafest, 2020
  • Music: Judith Gruber-Stitzer
  • Sound: Olivier Calvert, Serge Boivin
  • Target audience: adults
Synopsis:

Why bother dragging around one’s shadow? A man agrees to a pact with a magician and swaps his shadow for riches. He soon discovers that the absence of a shadow can be a humiliating handicap. After fleeing to the far corners of the earth, he ends up in Bali, in a theatre of shadow puppets, where he discovers the true worth of shadows.

The Man Without a Shadow
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