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French cinema: Animation

Allez raconte! (2010)

Jean-Christophe Roger

Laurent is so good at telling stories that his children decide to enter him in a television competition to find the nation’s best storyteller. The imaginative Laurent certainly has talent but he faces stiff competition from some other fathers, including know-all Hubert, musician Momo and Eric the manipulator... [More...]

Arthur 3: La guerre des deux mondes (2010)

Luc Besson

The evil Maltazard has succeeded in joining the ranks of the big people. Now at last he can fulfil his ambition, to build an army of giants and take control of the Universe. Arthur is the only one who can stop him, but he is trapped in the world of the Minimoys. To return to his full size and defeat Maltazard he can count on the help of his friends Sélénia and Bétamèche... [More...]

Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard (2009)

Luc Besson

Arthur is overwhelmed with excitement as the moon reaches the end of its tenth cycle. He can at last return to the land of the Minimoys to be reunited with his beloved Sélénia. In the village, a great banquet is being prepared in his honour and the little princess has adorned herself in a dress of rose petals... [More...]

Arthur et les Minimoys (2006)

Luc Besson

Like any child of his age, Arthur is fascinated by his grandmother’s bedtime stories. In his dreams, these stories come to life and he finds himself in a fabulous country populated by strange and mysterious people. But what if these were more than just fairy tales? What if they were true? In a book of spells belonging to his grandfather, Arthur finds several clues that point to the existence of a treasure in his own garden... [More...]

La Ballade des Dalton (1978)

René Goscinny

The villainous Dalton brothers are a few days into their 2,400 year-long prison sentence when they learn of the death of their Uncle Henry. Before he was hung for his many crimes, Henry wrote a will in which he left the Daltons his entire fortune, provided they kill the eight jury members and the judge who sentenced him to death... [More...]

L’Illusionniste (2010)

Sylvain Chomet

The end of the 1950s brought a new phenomenon to the music hall, rock music. It was fresh young rock stars who drew the crowds now, not traditional artistes like acrobats, jugglers or ventriloquists. A conjuror fears that his is a dying art. Unable to find work in Paris, he packs up his doves and heads for London, but he has no luck here either... [More...]

The Magic Roundabout (2005)

Dave Borthwick

Whilst his friends are enjoying an outdoor music concert, Dougal, the world’s most follicly endowed dog, looks for his next sugar trip, and ends up crashing a sweet trolley into the Magic Roundabout. The impact releases the evil Zeebad, arch-enemy of the friendly spring-bottomed magician Zebedee, from the roundabout, where he has been held prisoner for centuries... [More...]

Persepolis (2007)

Vincent Paronnaud

Teheran, 1978. The dreams of 8-year-old Marjane are fractured but not crushed when the Shah is deposed and the Islamic Revolution begins. So begins an era of repression, privation and war, as the country falls into the hands of fundamentalists who brook neither dissent nor individuality. Despite this, Marjane remains outspoken and idealistic, preferring Abba to Mohammed... [More...]

Le Roi et l’oiseau (1980)

Paul Grimault

The kingdom of Takicardie quakes under the rule of the tyrannical King Charles V-et-III-font-VIII-et-VIII-font-XIV, whose favourite pastime is shooting birds. His archenemy is a cheeky mockingbird, whose favourite pastime is thwarting the king’s attempts to shoot birds. One night, a portrait of the king comes to life and disposes of the real king, taking his place... [More...]

Tous à l’Ouest: Une aventure de Lucky Luke (2007)

Olivier Jean Marie

New York, 1855. After escaping from prison, the infamous Dalton brothers waste no time in resuming their criminal exploits and raid every bank in the city. Before being captured by Lucky Luke, the fastest gun in the west, Joe Dalton has enough time to hide the loot in a wagon belonging to a convoy of European settlers... [More...]

Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003)

Sylvain Chomet

The solitary Madame Souza is resolved to do all she can to cheer up her sad orphaned grandson, Champion. When she discovers his passion for cycling, she buys him a bicycle and starts to train him so that he can enter the Tour de France cycling competition. The years pass, and Champion, now a fit young man, has every chance of living up to his name... [More...]

U (2006)

Serge Elissalde

A unicorn named U comes to the aid of Mona, a young girl who has been made wretched by the cruelty of her adoptive parents. Some years later, Mona has grown into a pretty young woman, a day dreamer who is worried about what she looks like. One day, a family of noisy and eccentric musicians arrive in this imaginary country... [More...]

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