Screened as part of NZIFF 2012

A Monster in Paris 2011

Un Monstre à Paris

Directed by Bibo Bergeron

Animator Bibo Bergeron (A Shark’s Tale) delivers a lively child-friendly love letter to Paris (and the movies) a hundred years ago featuring a cute and sassy singer, a projectionist and a musically gifted giant flea.

France In English
82 minutes Colour and B&W / DCP

Director

Producer

Luc Besson

Screenplay

Stéphane Kazandjian
,
Bibo Bergeron

Editor

Pascal Chevé

Music

-M-
,
Patrice Renson

Voices

Vanessa Paradis (Lucille)
,
Sean Lennon (Francoeur)
,
Adam Goldberg (Raoul)
,
Danny Huston (Maynott)
,
Madeline Zima (Maud)
,
Catherine O’Hara (Carlotta)
,
Jay Harrington (Emile)
,
Matthew Géczy (Albert)
,
Bob Balaban (Pâté)
,
Paul Bandey (narrator)

Festivals

Toronto, Busan 2011

Elsewhere

Director Bibo Bergeron (A Shark’s Tale) returns to his native France to craft a lively child-friendly love letter to Paris (and the movies) featuring a cute and sassy singer, a projectionist (nostalgia!) and a musically gifted giant flea.

“There’s much to praise in this bubbly,  [English-dubbed] fairytale from French animator Bibo Bergeron. Set on the streets of Paris in 1910, A Monster in Paris borrows some of its tics from silent cinema… It’s a mostly enjoyable and heartfelt tale of an ill-matched friendship between bug-eyed chanteuse Lucille (Vanessa Paradis) and Francoeur, a giant, scary but soft-centered flea who impresses her with his singing voice (courtesy of Sean Lennon). As a low-profile entry into the animation pantheon, A Monster in Paris charms with painterly backdrops and sartorially elegant characters. But Matthieu Chédid’s catchy Latin songs and the superbly choreographed dance sequences captivate the most.” — Derek Adams, Time Out

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