Synopsis
In 1962, Léon G., a forty-year-old dropout who believes he is Captain Nemo, is admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Dunkirk. Thank to his psychiatrist, he discovers the pleasure of holding a camera and starts making small animation films in his naive and original way.
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Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Gaïa Films
- Co-production : Pictanovo
- Foreign production companies : RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française, Saga Film
Full credits (5)
- Adaptation : André Chandelle, Jean-Frédéric Schlicklin
- Director of Photography : Bernard Cavalié
- Editor : Ludo Verbruggen
- Sound Recordist : Ricardo Castro
- Foreign producers : Michel Konen, Hubert Toint
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 1995
- Runtime : 24 min
- Visa number : 85.512
- Visa issue date : 07/09/1995
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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