The Girl Who Cried Pearls (2025)

Original title

La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles

Directed by

Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, romance film

Country

Canada

Runtime

17 min

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stop-motion animated short about a young boy who meets and falls in love with a girl. At night, she secretly weeps pearls.

whimsicaltenderintimatemelancholicdreamlikedelicateyearningromantic

What happens

The Girl Who Cried Pearls (French: La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles) is a 2025 Canadian animated short film, directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski. Made through stop-motion animation, the film centers on a young boy who meets and falls in love with a girl who secretly weeps pearls at night. The initial inspiration for the film came during the production of the duo's 2007 short film Madame Tutli-Putli, when a prop necklace unexpectedly fell apart, scattering pearls across the set, as they were filming the climactic scene. At the 98th Academy Awards, it won for Best Animated Short Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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