23° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL

L'avion

Country: France

Year: 2005

Duration: 100'

Little Charly is terribly disappointed by his Christmas present. Instead of the bicycle, his father gives him the prototype of a plane. When the man disappears in a tragic accident, the model comes to life and spread magic powers. An extraordinary bond develops between Charly and the plane, and the child, determined to hang on the toy, is about to experience an incredible adventure, which will lead him to see his father one more time.

"I think films for children are as valid as films for adults. It turns out that films for children are very challenging to make. It took a lot of work to attain the illusion of simplicity and I was constantly working to keep things quick and clear. I was fearful that the subject matter would make the film too dark. I wanted to strike a balance between lightness and profundity. Children actually have fewer taboos about death than we do. They don't dwell on the drama. For them, the film is an adventure, while for adults it's more of a melodrama." (C. Kahn)

FILM DIRECTOR

Biography

film director

Cédric Kahn

Cédric Kahn (Paris, 1966), director and screenwriter, debuted with the short film Nadir (1989) and in 1993 directed the full-length film Bar des rails, which was chosen for Venice. He then shot Bonheur (1994), an episode of the series by ARTE, Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge (entitled Trop de bonheur in the film version) and in 1998 directed L'Ennui, the film transposition of the homonymous novel by Alberto Moravia. His next films were Roberto Succo (2001), inspired by a true crime that happened in Italy during the 1980s, and Red Lights (2004), based on a novel by Georges Simenon.

FILMOGRAFIA

Nadir (cm, 1989), Les Dernières heures du millénaire (cm, 1990), Bar des rails (1991), Bonheur (TV, 1994) Trop de bonheur (1994), Culpabilité zero (TV, 1996), L'Ennui (La noia, 1998), Roberto Succo (id., 2001), Feux Rouges (Luci nella notte, 2004), L'Avion (2005).