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The Mechanical Waltz takes you into a world populated with puppets victims of their well orchestrated life everyday life. until this rainy morning when some musical notes, out of time of the gloom, are going to change everything. When a puppet releases itself from his threads and gets to like the freedom, it is then no longer question for it to allow itself to be manipulated.
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- Film exports/foreign sales : Force de l'Image Production
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- Screenwriter : Julien Dykmans
- Music Composer : Amaury Bernier
- Editors : Julien Dykmans, Louis Philip Vermette
- Sound Recordist : Amaury Bernier
- Producer : Julien Dykmans
- Voice : Jean-Paul Vlasschaert
- Special Effects : Julien Dykmans
- Visual effects : Julien Dykmans
- Storyboard artists : Julien Dykmans, Louis Philip Vermette
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : 2D & 3D animation, Fantasy
- Themes : Freedom, Love, Transport
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2015
- Runtime : 5 min 47 seconds
- Visa number : 142.878
- Visa issue date : 02/11/2015
- Production formats : Digital creation - HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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