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The Girl Without Hands (2016)

The Girl Without Hands poster
Original title
La jeune fille sans mains
Directed by
Sébastien Laudenbach
Genre
drama film, fantasy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 16m
Rated
R15+
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 82 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young woman makes a deal with the devil that costs her her hands. She leaves home and must survive on her own, finding unexpected kindness in a new place.

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What happens

The Girl Without Hands (French: La Jeune Fille sans mains) is a 2016 French animated drama film directed, written, edited, and animated by Sébastien Laudenbach in his feature debut; Laudenbach animated the entire film on his own. The film is based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name and stars the voices of Anaïs Demoustier and Jérémie Elkaïm. It premiered in the ACID section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and played in competition at the 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, where it received the Jury Distinction award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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