Underplayed Gems

Soupe Opéra (1991)

Soupe Opéra poster
Genre
children's television series, comedy television series
Country
France
Length
2 seasons, 26 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In short episodes, fruits and vegetables transform into different creatures and objects using stop motion animation. It is a playful comedy series for children with a silly sense of humor.

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What happens

Soupe Opéra (often referred to in English as Soup Opera) is a French children's stop motion television show by French animation studio, Marlou Films. Featuring fruits and vegetables turning themselves into different creatures and objects, the name of the series is a pun on the term "Soap Opera." A total of 26 two-minute episodes were made. In France, the series aired on the France 3 channel. A small cult following developed around the show years after it aired on Australia's ABC channel during the 1990s and early 2000s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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