The Prodigies (2011)

Director:

Antoine Charreyron

Writers:

Alexandre de La Patellière (written by)
Bernard Lenteric (novel)
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Release Date:

2012 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Five young prodigies assaulted in New York's Central Park plot the perfect revenge. |

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Prodigy | Manhattan New York City | New York City | Two Word Title

Cast

Jeffrey Evan Thomas	...	Jimbo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lauren Ashley Carter	...	Liza Everton
Moon Dailly	...	Melanie Killian
Laurent Demianoff	...	FBI Big
Alex Martin	...	Jenkins possessed
Nilton Martins	...	Sammy
Jacob Rosenbaum	...	Gil / Young Jimbo
Ben Schilling
Karen Strassman	...	Jimbo's Mom
Claire Thill	...	Flora Blump
Isabelle Van Waes	...	Anne
Patrick Vo	...	Diaz

Directed by
Antoine Charreyron

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alexandre de La Patellière		written by
Matthieu Delaporte		written by
Bernard Lenteric		novel

Produced by
Jim Burton	....	producer
Olivier Delbosc	....	producer
Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela	....	co-producer
Genevieve Lemal	....	co-producer
Alexandre Lippens	....	co-producer
Jean-Bernard Marinot	....	line producer
Marc Missonnier	....	co-producer
Aton Soumache	....	producer
Alexis Vonarb	....	producer

Original Music by
Klaus Badelt

Film Editing by
Sébastien Prangère
Vincent Tabaillon
Benjamin Weill

Casting by
Avy Kaufman
Katja Wolf

Production Design by
Viktor Antonov

Production Management
Varujan Gumusel	....	post-production manager
Frederic Simonot	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jérémie Apperry	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Thomas Ferrandis	....	carpenter
François Mast	....	carpenter
Bruno Zenatello	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Pierre André	....	dialogue editor
Niels Barletta	....	sound mastering engineer
Louis Bart	....	sound effects editor
Christophe Bourreau	....	foley artist
Pablo Chazel	....	assistant sound editor
Pablo Chazel	....	foley editor
Maximilien Colcy	....	assistant sound editor
Blake Collins	....	sound recordist
Gregoire Couzinier	....	sound designer
Amaury de Nexon	....	sound editor
Arnaud Debels	....	sound recordist
Cedric Denooz	....	sound effects editor
Aymeric Devoldère	....	sound editor
Marc Doisne	....	foley engineer
Marc Doisne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Roland Duboué	....	sound designer
Sabrina Felgueiras	....	assistant sound editor
Alexis Feodoroff	....	sound mix technician
Nadege Feyrit	....	sound effects editor
Benoit Gargonne	....	sound editor
Patrice Grisolet	....	sound editor
Vincent Hazard	....	sound editor
Vincent Hazard	....	sound effects editor
Prod-be Kouz	....	executive sound producer
Gwennolé Le Borgne	....	sound editor
François Martig	....	sound recordist
Gildas Mercier	....	foley recordist
Gael Nicolas	....	sound designer
Philippe Penot	....	foley artist
Sébastien Pierre	....	assistant re-recording mixer
Arnaud Rolland	....	sound editor
Matthieu Tertois	....	sound recordist
Pascal Villard	....	supervising sound editor
Jérôme Wiciak	....	sound designer

Visual Effects by
Alex Bernardi	....	shader writer
Remi Brun	....	motion capture consultant
Florian Chauvet	....	visual effects coordinator
Bertrand de Saint Seine	....	end credits sequence
Charles Fougeront	....	motion editor
Adrien Garcia	....	digital compositor
Jerome Grillon	....	shooting supervisor
Laurent Huet	....	motion capture
Elizabeth Maxwell Keith	....	look development supervisor
Mohan Shankar Kopanathi	....	lighting lead
Aurelie Lajoux	....	senior compositor
Guillaume Louyot	....	digital compositor
Antony Nguyen	....	character modeler
Ken Shimizu	....	visual effects
Niranjan Siva	....	digital compositor
Sofi Vaillant	....	digital compositor
Henri Zaitoun	....	camera & layout artist

Stunts
Frédéric Alhinho	....	stunt double
Daravirak Bun	....	stunts
Laurent Demianoff	....	stunt performer
Alain Figlarz	....	stunt coordinator
Alex Martin	....	stunt double
Stéphane Orsolani	....	stunt performer
Sébastien Peres	....	stunt performer
Sebastien Soudais	....	stunt player

Camera and Electrical Department
Lebel Gary	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Liot Angeline	....	animation supervisor
Romain Côte	....	character modeler
Alexandre de Broca	....	background designer
Vayssettes Frank	....	motion capture lead
Pankaj Jaiswal	....	animator
Charles Pottier	....	motion capture specialist

Casting Department
Lois J. Drabkin	....	casting associate: U.S.

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Magdalena Marczynska	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Jimmy Christophe	....	color timer
Reginald Gallienne	....	colorist

Music Department
Jean-Pierre Arquie	....	music consultant
Loris Bernot	....	pro tools recordist
Christopher Carmichael	....	composer: additional music
Christopher Carmichael	....	score co-producer
Cecile Coutelier	....	music editor
Simone de Leuw	....	score production manager
Emmanuel Deletang	....	music supervisor
Scott Fraser	....	music programmer
Patrick Lemmens	....	score recordist
Stéphane Reichart	....	music scoring mixer
Daniel Rojas	....	score technical advisor
Mark Anthony Yaeger	....	music arranger

Transportation Department
Nicolas De Zuttere	....	unit driver
Paolo Signorini	....	driver

Other crew
Féodor Atkine	....	Voice dubbing: Killian
Lebel Gary	....	video set engineer
Ambroise Gayet	....	location manager
Mathieu Kassovitz	....	Voice dubbing: Jimbo
Emilie Maison	....	press attache
The Prodigies	....	location assistant
Michaël Schaack	....	location assistant
Laurent Schuster	....	assistant monteur
Alexis Tomassian	....	Voice dubbing: Jimbo enfant
Liliane Wang	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Fidélité Films
• Onyx Films
• Studio 37

Distributors

• E1 Films Canada (2012) (Canada) (theatrical) (except Québec) (as Entertainment One Films Canada Inc.)
• Remstar Films (2012) (Canada) (theatrical) (Québec)
• Warner Bros. (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (India) (all media)

Other Companies

• DQ Entertainment  animation and clean-up services
• Film Music Services  composer's agency
• Kouz Production  sound post-production
• Location Consulting & Facilities  tents and heaters by

Runtime:

France:87 min

Country:

UK | India | Belgium | Canada | Luxembourg | France

Language:

French | German | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

France:-12 | Canada:18A (Ontario)

Company:

Fidélité Films

Movie Connections:

References The Matrix (1999)

A revolutionary benchmark for visual storytelling

There are about 100.000 feature films made each year. Every 1000'th probably turns out to be a masterpiece. Few will ever find their deserved recognition, whilst many others do.

12 of these masterpieces I would like to see over a duration of 12 to 18 months. This movie deserves to be on this list of twelves, setting itself apart as a symphony of technology, perfect camera-work, and a strong, resonating story (hey, I cried at the end).

Rather than the typical animated PG-13, family-themed, nice-story flicks, this animation movie is one of a few with an adult-theme.

*Visually the movie makes a perfect compromise between quality and financial effort. The CGI world is physically well modeled, light is raycast and all characters are Motion-capped, with additional facial expression capturing. (There's a making of, on youtube) Out of over a thousand movies I have watched, this is one of the most powerful I have ever seen.

With the right promotion this movie is bound to get its share of awards.

*Story-wise and to some extend also visually, the thing that comes closest is perhaps "Parasite Evil" or "Resident Evil".

One of the few movies, I will definitely buy.

PS: Do resonate with the story, one should bear in mind that the five prodigies share a psychic connection and as such also shared the trauma of the rape. The extend to which Miss Ji Lian was involved in the events turning out they way they did,was somewhat ambiguous (at least to me)