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Trouble at Timpetill (2008)

Trouble at Timpetill poster
Original title
Les Enfants de Timpelbach
Directed by
Nicolas Bary
Genre
fantasy film, adventure film
Country
France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
14
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 397 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

After all the adults in a small town mysteriously vanish, the children must figure out how to run things themselves. They form their own rules and face the challenges of living without grown-ups.

playfulwhimsicallightheartedadventurousimaginativechaoticmischievous

What happens

Trouble at Timpetill (French: Les Enfants de Timpelbach) is a 2008 French fantasy adventure film written and directed by Nicolas Bary, based on the novel of the same name by Henry Winterfeld, first published in 1937. It was filmed in Luxembourg and in the German-speaking community of Belgium. The film won the TFO Prize for Best Youth Film at the 2011 edition of the Cinéfranco. Bary has revealed plans to remake the film with his production company, Timpel Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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