France, Luxembourg, 2024, 77’
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Details
- Director: Jean-François Laguionie
- Screenplay: Anik Leray, Jean-François Laguionie
- Cinematography: Konstantinos Gkikas
- Editing: Aurélien Antezac
- Music: Pascal Le Pennec
- Production: Mélusine Productions, JPL Films
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Recap
1950s, France, by the serene banks of the Marne River… François, a daydreaming child of boundless imagination, has his life changed when his father decides to start building a boat in the garden. Thus begins the family’s grand odyssey, a collective venture to construct a boat that would carry them away - somewhere between reality and reverie.
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Director
Jean-François Laguionie
Born in 1939 in Besançon, France. After studying applied arts, he met Paul Grimault, who introduced him to animation and whose studio he shared. It was there that he conceived his first short films, all of which received awards at film festivals, including the Palme d’Or for Short Films at the Cannes Film Festival for La Traversée de l’Atlantique à la rame (Rowing Across the Atlantic).
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