Synopsis
All the books in the kingdom are mysteriously being emptied of their stories. As a result the good king Balthazar is bored to death and is plunging his whole population into deep depression. "This is another bad turn from that storyteller Bonifacio" warns Poppety the grouchy hedgehog. But how can he be so sure ?
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Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Folimage
- Co-production : Foliascope
- Foreign production company : ONF - Office National du Film du Canada
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage, Prime Entertainment Group
Full credits (10)
- Screenwriters : Pierre-Luc Granjon, Antoine Lanciaux
- Director of Photography : Christophe Gautry
- Editor : Hervé Guichard
- Sound Recordist : Loïc Burkhardt
- Voice : Christian Taponard, Bernard Bouillon, Yves Barbaut, Mathilde Mauguière, François Lignier, Jean-Pierre Yvars, Sarah Bazri, Albert Payne, Sandrine Héritier, Nathalie Fort, Ève Sylvain
- Co-producer : Pascal Le Nôtre
- Assistant Operator : Maïa Gascuel
- Production manager : Catherine Blanc-Maurizi
- Sound Editor : Hervé Guichard
- Production Designer : Samuel Ribeyron
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Puppets, Fairy tale, Comedy
- Themes : Family, Friendship, Deuil, Nature
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Canada
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Canada)
- Production year : 2012
- Runtime : 26 min 1 seconds
- Visa number : 129.051
- Visa issue date : 16/10/2012
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby Digital
- Rating restrictions : None
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Awards (3)
Stuttgart Trickfilm International Animated Film Festival
Germany, 2014
Award for Best Children's Film
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