April and the Twisted World (2015)

Original title

Avril et le monde truqué

Directed by

Franck Ekinci

Genre

comedy film, adventure film, steampunk, alternate history

Country

France, Belgium, Canada

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

AL

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 360 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young scientist named April searches for her missing family in a steampunk parallel world where technology has stalled. She must complete the research her great grandfather started while evading a shadowy government threat.

whimsicaladventurousinventivemelancholicvisually distinctivesuspensefulhopefuloffbeat

What happens

April and the Extraordinary World (French: Avril et le Monde truqué, lit. 'April and the Rigged World') is a 2015 animated alternate history film co-directed by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci, co-written by Ekinci and Benjamin Legrand, and starring Marion Cotillard. Set in a dystopian steampunk world based on the concepts and visuals of comic artist Jacques Tardi, the plot concerns a young scientist continuing her great grandfather's research and attempting to find her family, who have disappeared. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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