Les contes de la nuit (2011)

Director:

Michel Ocelot

Writer:

Michel Ocelot (written by)

Release Date:

2012 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Julien Beramis	...	Boy (voice) (as Julien Béramis)
Marine Griset	...	Girl (voice)
Michel Elias	...	(voice)
Olivier Claverie	...	(voice)
Isabelle Guiard	...	(voice)
Yves Barsacq	...	Théo (voice)
Legrand Bemba-Debert	...	(voice) (as Legrand Bemba Débert)
Fatoumata Diawara	...	(voice)
Fabrice Daudet Grazaï	...	(voice)
Sabine Pakora	...	(voice)
Gérard Diby	...	(voice)
Umban Gomez de Kset	...	(voice)
Firmine Richard	...	(voice)
Olivia Brunaux	...	(voice)
Serge Feuillard	...	(voice)
Michel Ocelot	...	(voice)
Louise Rossignon	...	(voice)
Christophe Rossignon	...	Bishop (voice)

Directed by
Michel Ocelot

Writing credits
Michel Ocelot		(written by)

Produced by
Philippe Boeffard	....	executive producer (as Philip Boëffard)
Ève Machuel	....	line producer
Christophe Rossignon	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christian Maire

Film Editing by
Patrick Ducruet

Casting by
Gigi Akoka

Production Management
Julien Azoulay	....	post-production manager
Alexandre Chalanset	....	post-production manager
Alexandra Giuliano	....	production manager
Virginie Guilminot	....	production manager
Clara Vincienne	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Éric Serre	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Séverin Favriau	....	sound editor
Stéphane Thiébaut	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Jacques Bled	....	visual effects producer: Mac Guff Ligne
Rodolphe Chabrier	....	visual effects manager
Delphine Domer	....	visual effects post producer: 3D stereo conversion (as Delphine 'Fifine' Domer)
Mathilde Germi	....	visual effects supervisor

Animation Department
Christophe Barnouin	....	animator
Alice Bouchier	....	animator
Ferdinand Boutard	....	animator
Christel Boyer	....	background artist
Jean-Claude Charles	....	animator
Dorian Février	....	technical supervisor
Damien Gaillardon	....	animator
Yannick Giaume	....	animator
Anne-Lise Koehler	....	background artist
Khaled Labidi	....	animator
Simon Lacalmontie	....	background artist
Aude Larmet	....	animator
Pascal Lemaire	....	animator
Élodie Lenaerts	....	animator
Véronique Poilane	....	animator
Laurianne Proudhon	....	animator (as Laurianne Proud'hon)
Laurianne Proudhon	....	digital compositor
Léo Silly Pélissier	....	animator
Francesco Vecchi	....	animator

Casting Department
Mustapha Souaidi	....	adr voice casting

Music Department
Jean Taxis	....	music engineer

Other crew
Jessica Bergstein-Collay	....	press officer
Robert Schlockoff	....	press officer

Production Companies

• Nord-Ouest Productions (as Nord-Ouest Films)
• Studio O (co-production)
• StudioCanal (co-production)
• Région Ile-de-France (support)

Distributors

• StudioCanal (2011) (France) (all media)
• Cinéart (2011) (Belgium) (all media)
• Frenetic Films (2011) (Switzerland) (theatrical) (French speaking region)
• Remstar Films (2012) (Canada) (all media) (French speaking region)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Ghibli Museum, The (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Gkids (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Gulf Film (2012) (Lebanon) (theatrical)
• Gulf Film (2012) (United Arab Emirates) (theatrical)
• Lusomundo (2012) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Soda Pictures (2012) (UK) (all media)

Special Effects

• Mac Guff Ligne (3D stereo conversion)

Also Known As:

"Tales of the Night" - International (English title) (imdb display title)
"Istories tis nyhtas" - Greece (festival title)
"Yoru no tobari no monogatari" - Japan (imdb display title)

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Japan:G | South Korea:All | Singapore:G

Company:

Nord-Ouest Productions

Movie Connections:

Edited from "Dragons et princesses: L'Élue de la Ville d'or (#1.4)" (2010)

Excetional animated fantasy.

Ocelot's toons have always had the unfamiliar (African) imagery working for them. Their naive plot lines have been both an attraction and a limitation.

This episode film, framed with sessions in the re-voicing studio - where an owl is perched on the desk - are not a step towards more traditional work.

The recognisable Ocelot style is here mixed with a bit of Lotte Reiniger and boosted by a fascinating use of Three D, which spaces the arms and eyes of the outline crowd at different distances from the viewer, among other effects. Was it ever shown anywhere else but the Paris Champs Elysses that way? Whether the makers can take this style further and how it will go down with the tot audiences, I've seen cheer the Kirikou films, has yet to be seen.