Overview
- Louis Clichy’s solo feature premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, drawing praise for craft and emotion from Variety and TheWrap.
- The story follows 11-year-old Christophe, who must wear an iron corset, with the role voiced by the director’s son Gary Clichy.
- Reviewers note a hand-painted look built from Chinese inkbrush and watercolor-like strokes that give the film a fluid, memory-like feel.
- Clichy recorded non-professional actors on working farms to capture rough, natural voices that ground the rural coming-of-age tale.
- The former Pixar animator and Asterix co-director returns to traditional, frame-by-frame methods, with sales handled by Playtime and no distribution news yet.