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French Film Festival · 2014

French Film Festival 2014

Animation

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3 films · 2 reviews

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Aunt Hilda (Tante Hilda!)

The genetically-engineered grain called “Attilem” is supposedly the new wonder weapon against global hunger. Only environmentally-minded Hilda has her doubts.

(Country: France, Luxembourg; Year: 2013; Director: Jacques-Rémy Girerd; Writer: Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Benoît Chieux, Iouri Tcherenkov; Stars: Sabine Azéma, Josiane Balasko, François Morel, Bruno Lochet, Serguei Vladimirov, Gilles Détroit, Bernard Bouillon, Nicolas Demorand, Nathalie Fort, Jean-Paul Racodon, Christian Taponard, Line Wible, Jean-Pierre Yvars)

The Day Of The Crows (Le jour des corneilles)

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Complex and immersive, funny but with a sense of danger lurking in its darker moments, this is the sort of film that children and adults will watch to the end and then want to watch again.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Animated story of a boy who leads a wild existence deep in the forest until the day he discovers civilised life in a neighbouring village and meets a girl who lives there.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Jean-Christophe Dessaint; Writer: Amandine Taffin; Stars: Voices of Jean Reno, Isabelle Carré, Claude Chabrol, Lorànt Deutsch)

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Wolfy, The Incredible Secret (Loulou, l'incroyable secret)

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Unique in humour, unique in form

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
A young wolf and his best friend, a rabbit, go in search of his heritage in a country of carnivorous hunters

(Country: France, Belgium, Hungary; Year: 2013; Director: Eric Omond; Writer: Grégoire Solotareff, Jean-Luc Fromental; Stars: voices of Malik Zidi, Stéphane Debac, Anaïs Demoustier, Carlo Brandt, Marianne Basler, Léonore Chaix, Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain, Patrick Paroux, Marie Berto, Rémy Roubakha, John Arnold, Paul Bandey)

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