Country: France, Belgium
Year: 2015
Duration: 84'
While pursuing an investigation police officer Alex is injured by a mysterious character with a disfigured face. Stuck in hospital, he meets Léo, an eleven-year-old patient who has the extraordinary ability to leave his body at will. The boy can fly and pass through walls like a phantom, invisible to all.
Biography
film director
Alain Gagnol
Alain Gagnol (Roanne, France, 1967) studied animation, illustration and strip cartoons at the École Émile Cohl in Lyon, before working as an animator for French animation studio Folimage. He also writes detective stories published by Gallimard, Cherche Midi and Le Passeur.
FILMOGRAFIA
Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli:
L’egoïste (cm, anim., 1995), Le nez à la fenêtre (cm, anim., 2001), Le couloir (cm, anim., 2005), Mauvais temps (cm, anim., 2006), Les tragédies minuscules (10 ep., serie tv/tv series, cm, anim., 2010), Une vie de chat (Un gatto a Parigi, anim., 2010), Phantom Boy (id., anim., 2015).
Jean-Loup Felicioli
Jean-Loup Felicioli (Albertville, France 1960), after studying at the schools of fine arts in Annecy, Strasbourg, Perpignan and Valence, was hired by the Folimage animation studio as an animator. Starting in 1996, he began to produce short films with Gagnol, including Tiny Tragedies, a ten-episode series for French TV channels Canal+ and Arte. A Cat in Paris, their first feature-length film, was released in 2010. The film was selected at the Berlinale, before moving to Hollywood where it has been nominated at the Oscars in 2012.
FILMOGRAFIA
Jean-Loup Felicioli:
Sculptures (cm, 1989), Le wall (cm, 1991).
Declaration
film director
“Our latest movie, A Cat in Paris, was steeped in a film noir ambiance with the distant sound of jazz coming across the rooftops of Paris. This latest film moves on from Paris to New York and the skyscrapers of the Manhattan skyline. Phantom Boy is a fantasy detective movie aimed at young audiences. Detective and fantasy stories are rarely combined in animated films. But the combination of these two genres offers a wealth of possibilities, both in terms of the scenario and the setting. Added to this unusual, volatile mix is a touch of superhero magic.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/directors
Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Alain Gagnol
fotografia/cinematography
Izu Troin
montaggio/film editing
Hervé Guichard
scenografia/production design
Zoïa Trofimova, Emilie Mercier, Christel Guibert
musica/music
Serge Besset
suono/sound
Loïc Burkhardt
voci/voices
Édouard Baer (Alex, il poliziotto/the police officer), Lean-Pierre Marielle (il cattivo/bad guy), Audrey Tautou (Mary, la giornalista/the journalist), Jackie Berroyer (l’informatore/ informer)
produttori/producers
Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Annemie Degryse
produzione/productions
Folimage, Lunanime, France 3 Cinéma, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
contatti/contacts
PFAFilms
Pier Francesco Aiello
pfafilms@yahoo.com
www.pfafilms.com
Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Alain Gagnol
fotografia/cinematography
Izu Troin
montaggio/film editing
Hervé Guichard
scenografia/production design
Zoïa Trofimova, Emilie Mercier, Christel Guibert
musica/music
Serge Besset
suono/sound
Loïc Burkhardt
voci/voices
Édouard Baer (Alex, il poliziotto/the police officer), Lean-Pierre Marielle (il cattivo/bad guy), Audrey Tautou (Mary, la giornalista/the journalist), Jackie Berroyer (l’informatore/ informer)
produttori/producers
Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Annemie Degryse
produzione/productions
Folimage, Lunanime, France 3 Cinéma, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
contatti/contacts
PFAFilms
Pier Francesco Aiello
pfafilms@yahoo.com
www.pfafilms.com
