L'homme sans ombre (2004)

Original title

L'Homme sans ombre

Directed by

Georges Schwizgebel

Genre

animation

Country

Canada

Runtime

9 min

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man trades his shadow for riches and then experiences the strange and lonely consequences. The story is told entirely through animation without any spoken words.

wordlessdreamlikemelancholicfairy-talemeditativevisually stylizedabsorbingwhimsical

What happens

The Man with No Shadow (French: L'Homme sans ombre) is a 2004 Canadian-Swiss animated short film written and directed by Georges Schwizgebel, based on Adelbert von Chamisso’s novella Peter Schlemihl. Told without dialogue, it follows a man who exchanges his shadow for wealth. The film won awards including the Prix Regards jeunes at Cannes Critics' Week and the Award for Outstanding Quality at the World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb, and was screened at festivals including Cannes, Locarno, Hiroshima and Vancouver. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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