NEW FRENCH SHORTS 2020 (Kino Marquee)

[Chris Knipp]

MARION LACOURT: SHEEP, WOLF AND A CUP OF TEA/MOUTON, LOUP ET TASSE DE THÉ (2019)



Inexplicable weirdness

The French summary at UniFrance's site translates as: "At night, while family members are engaged in curious rituals before going to sleep, a child summons a wolf from the bottom of a box hidden under his bed. Disquieting sheep then besiege the door of his room."

I did not understand a single minute of this odd, surreal film. However, I do like animations that are hand drawn and avoid the hard shiny plastic look of Pixar or Disney productions, and this is that, with the look of colorful pen and ink paintings.

Sheep, Wolf and a Cup of Tea/Mouton, loup et tasse de thé, 12 mins. was an award nominee at Locarno, Chicago, and the Hamptons and a winner of the Procirep's Award at Clermont-Ferrand.