Sylvain chomets first live action film turns out to be as esoteric and whimsically poetic as all. Attila marcel is a 20 french comedy film written and directed by sylvain chomet. French animation director sylvain chomet debuted in 2003 with the triplets of belleville, a fivecourse meal of a film, rich with a surreal visual style and gallic wit, and followed it up. French director sylvain chomets belleville rendezvous, the illusionist attila marcel is his charming and audacious first foray into live action feature films. If you do watch the film though, and if you watch the end credits right to the very end, there is what looks like an outtake of bernadette lafont and others on the beach and on screen is a dedication to lafont who died before the film was released. A small card should be held up at the start of attila marcel. Based on the life of attila the hun, it stars anthony quinn as attila and sophia loren as honoria, with henri vidal, irene papas, ettore manni and christian marquand.
The old lady and the pigeons the triplets of belleville paris, je taime the illusionist attila marcel early career. His new film, attila marcel also features old ladies the two aunts of paul marcel, attilas orphaned son. The festival opened with a gala screening of sylvain chomets first live action film attila marcel. I saw this at the toronto film festival and loved it. His life is reduced to a daily routine of playing the grand piano in the. He does express himself through colorful suits that would challenge any wes anderson character in nerd chic.
If attila marcel evokes the early films of his compatriots jeanpierre jeunet and michel gondry, which also run riot with music, animation and gallows humour, then it is all the more welcome. Jul 23, 2014 french animation director sylvain chomet debuted in 2003 with the triplets of belleville, a fivecourse meal of a film, rich with a surreal visual style and gallic wit, and followed it up. Attila marcel has been met with mixed critical response from the french press with le parisien scoring it 55 whilst the influential cahiers du cinema scored it 15. The director is the french animator sylvain chomet belleville rendezvous, his hand turned here to. Le film trouve son rythme et son originalite, entre fantasie burlesque et bandedessinee multicolore avec des scenes chantees.
Paul, a thirty something pianist, forms a bond with his eccentric neighbour who helps him unlock long buried memories, and the key to making his life his own. This channel was generated automatically by youtubes video discovery system. Its typical of the films blend of the serious and the playful that the storys catalyst. The director of the illusionist was a guest of the festival. In the first liveaction feature from noted french animator. Director sylvain chomet the triplets of belleville, the illusionist invokes memories of buster keaton and jacques tati in his first liveaction film, about a mute, sweetnatured manchild whose reawakened childhood memories unleash marvellous musical fantasies. The director of the illusionist was a guest of the festival other highlights include screenings of a restored version of lola, while in london, critic phillip french will. Born in maisonslaffitte, seineetoise now yvelines, near. The touring event, founded in scotland, will welcome chomet to screenings in london, edinburgh and glasgow of his first live. The creator of animations belleville rendezvous and the illusionist steps into the real world, but with a. Telecharger attila marcel bluray 720p french ddl best. Attila marcels concoction is nothing more than a means by which he learns to. Attila opens with a pointofview shot from a stroller, immediately making it clear that attila marcel. Even though it is a live action film, attila marcel harks back to the world of the triplets of belleville.
With guillaume gouix, anne le ny, bernadette lafont, helene vincent. The world of chomets film is strange and magical, a version of paris straight from a rather bizarre storybook. Marcel french film club madame film posters movies showing movies to watch cinema shows. Attila marcel 20 trailer english subtitles youtube. Telecharger attila marcel film complet en francais vf hd. A world of french wonder the world of chomets film is strange and magical, a version of paris straight from a rather bizarre storybook. Attila marcel further proving my love for french films. Atilla marcel was screened at the 20 toronto international film festival and won two awards, including the best actor guillaume gouix at the 2014 beijing film festival. Sep 04, 2014 a small card should be held up at the start of attila marcel. Sylvain chomet 2014 born 10 november 1963 age 56 maisonslaffitte, france. Desert film society po box 5324 palm springs, ca 922635324 760. Telecharger attila marcel dvdrip mkv french ddl best. Cannes a castle in italy, the poetic attila marcel and the surprising jasmine. Thirtyyearold paul lives in a parisian apartment with his aunts, two elderly aristocrats who have looked after him since he was two years old and who dream of seeing him become a virtuoso pianist.
Although attila marcel is a live action film, we recognize the world of your animation film the triplets of belleville. I wanted to break away from the graphic side of my earlier feature films. Regardless of the eccentricity of the scenery and the situations. Sep, 20 attila opens with a pointofview shot from a stroller, immediately making it clear that attila marcel. A tale of awakening, gouix is utterly convincing as paul, despite not uttering a word until the ending of the film. Paul is a sweet manchild, raised and smothered by his two eccentric aunts in paris since the death of his parents when he was a toddler. New trailer for sylvain chomets liveaction debut attila. The director is the french animator sylvain chomet belleville rendezvous, his.
Telecharger attila marcel uptobox francais film complet hd. More than anything, i didnt want attila marel to look as if it had been drawn. Chomets 2003 debut feature belleville is an amazingly understated yet moving film that, like marcel, centers on a laconic orphan who opens up to the world via outside stimuli. French animator sylvain chomet turns to fleshand blood filmmaking. Avec guillaume gouix, anne le ny, bernadette lafont, helene vincent, jeanclaude dreyfus.
The touring event, founded in scotland, will welcome chomet to screenings in london, edinburgh and glasgow of his first liveaction film. His new film, attila marcel also features old ladies the two aunts of paul marcel, attila s orphaned son. Attila marcel first live action feature from triplets of belleville director chomet is a charming, familyfriendly ode to hallucinogenic drug use. Reel causes is delighted to present vancouvers premier of attila marcel, a wonderful and delightfully eccentric film about celebrating life, embracing diversity in all its quirkiness. Charming french comedy attila marcel 20, filled with odd but loveable characters, is the third feature film from writerdirector sylvain chomet, known for animated the triplets of belleville and the illusionist. French director christian volckman talks about his transition to fiction via the room, genre cinema and trepidation towards the form in france we talked to mart sander, the director of eerie fairy tales, following his win at the haapsalu horror and fantasy film festival. On the contrary, i needed to break away from the graphic aspect of my previous features. The story follows an awkward young man, paul, raised by his two aunts after the death of his parents when he was a baby. Apr 01, 2014 his new film, attila marcel also features old ladies the two aunts of paul marcel, attilas orphaned son.
The french film festival gets the keys to the door as it celebrates its 21st edition in 20, running from november 7 to 30. Based on the life of attila the hun, it stars anthony quinn as attila and sophia loren as honoria, with henri vidal, irene papas, ettore manni. Guillaume gouix paulattila marcel, anne le ny madame proust, bernadette lafont aunt annie, helene vincent aunt anna, luis rego mr coelho. Nicolas matthieu university of california, berkeley, ca 94720. The first liveaction feature film by twotime oscar nominee sylvain chomet nominated for the animated films the triplets of belleville and the illusionist, attila marcel maintains chomets careerlong fascination with the style of jacques tati, while diving head first into the highly formalized production designs and storytelling of wes anderson. He does express himself through colourful suits that would challenge any wes anderson character in nerd chic.