Synopsis
In a Paris park in the 50s, a policeman meets a doddery old lady whose favourite pastime consists in offering lavish meals to the neighbourhood pigeons. As far as the officer is concerned, one thing is clear : if he became a pigeon, the naive old lady would feed him for free. Naive ?
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Armateurs
- Foreign production company : Odec Kid Cartoons
Full credits (5)
- Executive Producer : Didier Brunner
- Screenwriter : Sylvain Chomet
- Directors of photography : Hélène Girard, Chantal Colibert
- Music Composer : Jean Corti
- Sound Recordist : Sonolab Inc.
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 1997
- Runtime : 26 min
- Visa number : 79.688
- Visa issue date : 13/03/1997
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)