Underplayed Gems

Tales of the Night (2011)

Tales of the Night poster
Original title
Les Contes de la nuit
Directed by
Michel Ocelot
Genre
fantasy film, children's film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
L
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 142 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film presents six animated fairy tales told with silhouette animation. Each story follows characters on small adventures in fantastical settings.

whimsicaldreamlikegentlestylizedplayfulstorybookcalmvisually simple

What happens

Tales of the Night (French: Les Contes de la nuit) is a 2011 French computer silhouette animation feature film directed by Michel Ocelot. It is a compilation movie for movie theaters of five episodes of Dragons et Princesses in stereoscopic 3D and one additional, until then unseen story, "The Girl-Doe and the Architect's Son" ("La Fille-biche et le fils de l'architecte"), for a total of six. It premièred in competition for the Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, 2011 before its general release in France by StudioCanal on July 20. It has been licensed for the United States by GKIDS and for the United Kingdom by Soda Pictures, both for a general release in 2012, with its UK release date having now been announced as Friday, 6 April 2012. In Japan, it is the fourth feature directed by Ocelot in the Ghibli Museum Library, and was shown at the 2012 Tokyo International Anime Fair, and released in June 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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