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[Oersted]

Here is a trailer

http://youtu.be/JayxpeGwYuw

Here is the story

The film that Switzerland chose was Claude Barras’ Ma vie de Courgette (My Life As a Courgette), a Swiss/French co-production that casts a perceptive eye on the lives of children living in an orphanage. The main character, Courgette (or Zucchini), is a blue-haired nine-year-old who ends up in the orphanage after his mother dies unexpectedly. Barras, who made his feature directorial debut on Courgette, has said he envisioned the film as “an homage to neglected and mistreated children who do the best they can to survive and live with their wounds.

The brisk 66-minute stop motion film, adapted from a novel by Gilles Paris, was selected to screen in the Director’s Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival, and in June was the toast of the Annecy animation festival, scooping up both the Feature Cristal and the Feature Audience Award.

Swiss Oscar jury released this statement:

“Ma vie de Courgette is an original film guided by luminous artistic direction. It’s story is packed with emotion, marked by resilience and a hopeful vision of human society. Director Claude Barras and screenwriter Céline Sciamma succeeded in giving children a voice: While adressing children at eye level they still speak to all generations.”

Previous animated feature submissions for Foreign Language Academy Award

1953: France, Johnny the Giant Killer
1975: Belgium, Tarzoon Shame of the Jungle
1982: Romania, Quo Vadis Homo Sapiens?
1986: Hungary, Cat City
1994: Japan, Pom Poko
1997: Croatia, Lapitch the Little Shoemaker
1997: Japan, Princess Mononoke
1999: Argentina, Manuelita
2002: Chile, Ogu and Mampato on Easter Island
2005: Luxembourg, Renart the Fox
2007: France, Persepolis
2008: Israel, Waltz with Bashir (nominated)
2011: Singapore, Tatsumi
2013: Uruguay, Anina
2014: Latvia, Rocks in My Pockets

More here

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/s...ette-foreign-language-oscar-entry-142166.html

Lock if old

 

[FortuneFaded]

Noted.

 

[30yearsofhurt]

Amazing.

 

[valkillmore]

10-4

 

[Jarrod38]

Thanks for the vital information.

 

[Brakke]

Is this some code? Did someone just get activated?

 

[Leona Lewis]

Switzerland is a mountainous Central European country, home to numerous lakes, villages and the high peaks of the Alps. Old Towns within its cities contain medieval landmarks like capital Bern’s Zytglogge clock tower and Cathedral of Bern. The country is also a destination for its ski resorts and hiking trails. Banking and… More

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Swiss chocolate

 

[lastplayed]

Oscarr, is that the pirate version?

 

[kai3345]

lmao

 

[BTM]

Amazing

 

[AlexBasch]

That country was broken as fuck in the Goal games.

 

[John Kowalski]

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[Oersted]

Sincere apologies for the early installment weirdness

 

[Effnine]

Is OP a bot?

 

[Platy]

Looks awesome.

Too bad it has zero chance of doing anything =/

 

[lazybones18]

I see the Academy dropped the ball by not nominating Pom Poko in 1994

 

[MikeHattsu]

I see the Academy dropped the ball by not nominating Pom Poko in 1994

Funny

 

[Oersted]

Is OP a bot?

Sadly no lol. On mobile, edited the threadtitle, got on post, all hell broke lose.

 

[Blue Lou]

Four stars in Empire - http://www.empireonline.com/movies/life-courgette/review/

It's out in 2 days in the UK.