A family of scientists is on the brink of a powerful discovery when a mysterious suddenly abducts them, leaving their young daughter april behind. A film guide that looks at april and the extraordinary world 2015, exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion. April and the extraordinary world 2016 clickthecity movies. April and the extraordinary world official trailer animated movie. April and the extraordinary world gets an english trailer.
Directed by christian desmares and franck ekinci, april and the extraordinary world is a heartwarming animation thats fit to burst with all the joy that it brings. Years later, april carries on her familys research in secret. Nov, 2015 the annecy cristalwinning french animated feature will arrive in the u. There was a limited north american theatrical release in april 2016 furrywise, its borderline. It follows a young, homeless scientist and her talking cat as. April and the extraordinary world is based on a graphic novel by french cartoonist tardi, and nobody does heavy metalstyle scifi better than the french. You can watch these on mac or pc desktop computer, plus many other supperted devices. Best netflix series ranked 200 fresh free movies online binge. Ten years later, april academy award winner marion cotillard lives alone with her cat, darwin, and carries on her familys research in secret. Jun 09, 2016 april and the extraordinary world friday, march 25 thursday, june 9, 2016 from the producers of persepolis and the mind of renowned graphic novelist jacques tardi comes a riveting scifi adventure set in an alternate steampunk universe. Unaware in particular of the radio, television, electricity. The world is radically different from the one usually depicted in history.
Sponsored by laika and the french american cultural society. April and the extraordinary world moves logically and comprehensibly from one strange event to the next, until eventually everything that the audience needs to know is explained. Mar 25, 2016 it feels somewhat cliched to call an animated adventure film a delight, but its the best word for the latest from gkids, april and the extraordinary world, a joyful, accomplished movie that echoes the city of lost children, the adventures of tintin, metropolis, howls moving castle and something unique into a, well, delightful piece of work. In 1941, napoleon v is the ruler of a france thats technologically behind the times but struggling to catch up. The soundtrack will be released digitally on october 30, 2015 and is now available for preorder on amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Watch april and the extraordinary world prime video. A version of this article appears in print on march 25, 2016, section c, page 6 of the.
A rollicking adventure set in an imaginative alternate universe, april and the extraordinary world is beautiful, inventive and uncannily satisfying. April and the extraordinary world avril et le monde. While the film tells a rollicking, sometimes barbed story about oppressive. That happens right around the time that an armored, walking house carries april to a manmade jungle biosphere occupied by giant bipedal reptiles. Since it is a universal release, i risked purchasing this even though i dont have a regionfree bluray player. The annecy cristalwinning french animated feature will arrive in the u. Dominic laperriere has edited three feature films that premiered at the sundance film festival. April and the extraordinary world is the english dub of a 2015 french animated film, originally titled avril et le monde truque. A family of scientists is on the brink of a powerful discovery when a mysterious force suddenly abducts them, leaving their young daughter april behind. April and the extraordinary world is an animated french film set in a grungy, alternate history steampunk version of paris circa 1941. From the producers of the academy awardnominated persepolis and the mind of renowned graphic novelist jacques tardi comes a riveting scifi adventure set in an alternate steampunk world.
The film had its world premiere at the annecy international animation film festival on 15 june 2015. April and the extraordinary world set in a version of paris where human progress has stalled before the invention of electricity, this terrific toon evokes a lost era of. Join us for familyfriendly screenings of april and the extraordinary. A family of scientists is on the brink of discovering a powerful longevity serum when all of a sudden a mysterious force abducts them, leaving their young daughter april behind.
The work of the great comic book artist jacques tardi is cleverly and beautifully carried to the big screen in april and the extraordinary world avril et le monde truque, a surreal scifi period. April and the extraordinary world 2016 movie photos and. Avril and the extraordinary world is a nice french animated film set in an. Jul 05, 2015 the work of the great comic book artist jacques tardi is cleverly and beautifully carried to the big screen in april and the extraordinary world avril et le monde truque, a surreal scifi period. April and the extraordinary world hollywood reporter. Film programmer elinor highlights some special picks from the incredibly diverse range of films showing at this years free into film festival. Winner of the crystal for best feature film at the 2015 annecy animation festival, april and the extraordinary world is a visually striking, original, and dynamic animated scifi adventure based on a graphic novel by jacques tardi. Watch the trailer for animated steampunk scifi april and. Who says they dont make mindbending french sciencefiction animated movies like they used to. April and the extraordinary world, animated scifi from france a scene from april and the extraordinary world, directed by christian desmares and franck ekinci. April and the extraordinary world synopsis fandango.
April and the extraordinary world 2015 accompanied by her talking cat tony hale, a teen angela galuppo embarks on a quest to find her missing parents in 1941 paris. Ten years later, april is living alone with her precious cat, darwin, continuing. April and the extraordinary world 2016 movie moviefone. Jul 18, 2016 published on jul 18, 2016 paris, 1941. It depicts an alternate steampunk world with a visual style based on the work of french. From firsttime director amman abbasi, dayveon tells the story of a yearold boys comingofage after the violent death of his big brother. Rent april and the extraordinary world 2016 on dvd and. Fishing without nets 2014, the free world 2016 and, this year, dayveon. Uptodate information on coronavirus is available for free.
Based on the original work of famous comic artist jacques tardi, the film is told with the same charming style as the source material. Dec 26, 2016 past film acmi presents april and the extraordinary world mild fantasy themes and animated violence. Marion cotillard, philippe katerine, jean rochefort. April and the extraordinary world official trailer animated movie 2016 hd. Should you be looking for comic book thrills in hopes of skipping the absolutely putrid batman v. April posits an alternate world where society never advanced beyond steam power thanks to an emperors death and the mysterious disappearance of the early 20 th centurys top scientists, from albert einstein on, who in our real reality. The album features the films original music composed by valentin hadjadj. Years later, april carries on her familys research in secret with her cat, darwin, but soon find herself at the center of a shadowy conspiracy and on the run from government agents, bicyclepowered airships and cyborg rat spies. Past film acmi presents april and the extraordinary world mild fantasy themes and animated violence. April and the extraordinary world 2016 accompanied by her talking cat philippe katerine, a teen marion cotillard embarks on a quest to find her missing parents in 1941 paris. April and the extraordinary world, animated scifi from. Napoleon v reigns over france, where, like everywhere else on the globe, scholars and scientist are mysteriously disappearing, depriving humanity of major inventions. April and the extraordinary world is a 2015 frenchbelgiancanadian animated science fiction.
April and the extraordinary world trailer 2016 trailer for the animated film april and the extraordinary world. The official page for the us release of april and the extraordinary world, a scifi adventure from the producers of persepolis, starring marion cotillard. Apr 07, 2016 april 7, 2016 april and the extraordinary world, a fantasy film by christian desmares and franck ekinci, follows an orphaned girl in a paris whose technology ground to a halt around the time. Avril marion cotillard, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents. April 7, 2016 april and the extraordinary world, a fantasy film by christian desmares and franck ekinci, follows an orphaned girl in a paris whose technology ground to a halt around the time. April and the extraordinary world lives up to its title. That happens right around the time that an armored, walking house carries april to. April and the extraordinary world is a french animated film based on jacques tardis graphic novels that reimagine history.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Should you be looking for comic book thrills in hopes of skipping the absolutely putrid batman v superman. With marion cotillard, marcandre grondin, philippe katerine, jean rochefort. As much as april and the extraordinary world veers around a little too often and gets too selfindulgent with its exposition, the film. May 14, 2018 april and the extraordinary world 2016 is a critically acclaimed animated that tells a bold story of alternate historical fiction. We talk with chris hemsworth and sam hargrave about extraction, their actionpacked netflix film. A scene from april and the extraordinary world, directed by christian. Mar 26, 2016 the name of this movie is april and the extraordinary world, an animated film from france. April and the extraordinary world friday, march 25 thursday, june 9, 2016 from the producers of persepolis and the mind of renowned graphic novelist jacques tardi comes a riveting scifi adventure set in an alternate steampunk universe. A film guide that looks at april and the extraordinary world 2015, which sees young scientist april trying to finish her parents project to invent an invincibility serum in smoggy, steampowered paris. Ten years later, april academy award winner marion cotillard lives alone with her cat. Watch the trailer for animated steampunk scifi april and the extraordinary world. Its 1941 but france is trapped in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and napoleon v, where scientists vanish mysteriously.
After the worlds top scientists disappear, orphaned april secretly forges ahead with a family. Rich in depth of character and imagination, you would be hard pushed to find a person not leaving the film with the broadest of smiles illuminating their face. April and the deceptive world is a 2015 frenchbelgiancanadian animated science fiction adventure film codirected by christian desmares and franck ekinci, cowritten by ekinci and benjamin legrand, and starring marion cotillard. From the producers of the academy awardnominated persepolis and the mind of renowned graphic novelist jacques tardi comes a riveting scifi. April and the extraordinary world 2016 is a critically acclaimed animated that tells a bold story of alternate historical fiction. April and the extraordinary world avril et le monde truque.
Oct 26, 2015 22d music will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature april and the extraordinary world avril et le monde truque. April and the extraordinary world 2015 benoit briere and j. April and the extraordinary world avril et le monde truque christian desmares, franck ekinci 2016 105. Rent april and the extraordinary world 2016 starring angela galuppo and susan sarandon on dvd and bluray. View april and the extraordinary world 2016 photos, movie images, film stills and cast and crew photos on fandango. One by one, scientists are disappearing, including aprils parents. Watch april and the extraordinary world prime video amazon uk.
Feature film april and the extraordinary world gets an english trailer. Early 20thcentury france is completely coal and steampowered, ruled by napoleons heirs, and devoid of most scientists, who were long ago kidnapped or went into hiding, leaving the empire without technological innovations. April and the extraordinary world avril et le monde truque 2016. April and the extraordinary world 2016 adventure, animation, comedy. The name of this movie is april and the extraordinary world, an animated film from france. Its a sweet, funny, film with a well told and original story in an interesting. April and the extraordinary world 2015 movie moviefone.
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