Photo of Sylvain Chomet
Photo of Sylvain Chomet

Sylvain Chomet

“I’ve never aimed my films at children as the main audience. I think you restrict yourself when you do that. But on the other hand, I was very surprised that a lot of kids actually watched Belleville Rendezvous, and they all loved it. For kids, I think, it’s all real… A lot of people are still fascinated when they see animation. It’s magic.”

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    THE ILLUSIONIST

    SYLVAIN CHOMET France, 2010

    French animator Sylvain Chomet (Belleville Rendezvous) fashioned this exquisitely crafted hand-drawn animation, bearing more than a passing debt to the genius cinema of Jacques Tati. Adapted from an unproduced script of Tati’s, this wistful father-daughter drama is a magical homage to a master.

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