Sylvain Chomet makes a biography of Marcel Pagnol.
I am feeling so lost regarding this film. Chomet's animation is wonderful. There are some eye popping bits that delight us with the turns as characters shift forms and we see things from impossible angles. If you are an animation junkie then you must see this.
On the other hand if you want to see a film that actually moves and isn't dramatically inert, then look elsewhere. While the film covers the life of Pagnol, it tells it in an imobile mode. Since Pagnol started writing plays the earlier part of the film has all the scenes as if they are plays. Later scenes when Pagnol moved to the films the shots are similar to early cinema. The result is a film that despite being animated is just a bunch of characters sitting around talking. I'm not certain why Chomet decided to do this for an animated film since the use of art would seem to imply that he was going to do something more fanciful other than an odd moment.
While the film isn't bad, it is kind of boring.
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