#Oriane Zani

[adamwatchesmovies]

A Cat in Paris (2010)

Sometimes, the Academy Awards make it too obvious they'll just nominate any decently budgeted animated film. Treasure Planet? Brother Bear? The Croods? A Cat in Paris is the exception. It didn’t win and doesn’t quite have the emotional depth necessary for it to have been worthy of that shiny trophy but this is a lovingly-made, tense and extremely stylish action/comedy.

In Paris, Zoé (voiced by Oriane Zani) watches her pet cat Dino leave every night through the window. No one could suspect the feline spends its nights with Nico (Bruno Salomone), a cat burglar. One night, his path crosses that of crime boss Victor Costa (Jean Benguigui).

Right away, you’ll notice the film's outstanding character designs, shading, color palette, and art style. While not all 3D animated movies look exactly the same, there are few you could point to and say “I can clearly see who worked as the art director on this one”. Every frame of Une Vie de Chat/A Cat in Paris comes from Jean-Loup Felicioli. Don't know who that is? That's fine. It just means you're seeing something new. Even before we get into the action or anything else, it’s a joy to just sit back and look at the film. The way faces look when they turn sideways, the proportions of the characters, the angles of the floor patterns, which details are preserved and which are omitted, etc. It all stands out to make a unique vision.

Clocking in at a mere 65 minutes, this is a fast-paced story. The bulk of it takes place in one night when Zoé’s police superintendent mom, Jeanne (Dominique Blanc), organizes the city’s police force to secure the Colossus of Nairobi statue. She knows Victor Costa will try to steal it and that he’s responsible for the death of her husband so it’s extra important that she get him. As Costa and his bumbling henchmen try to organize, all of the separate plot threads converge. There’s a lot of running and dodging as people try to get away from the police, try to warn the authorities about what’s going to happen or try to prevent people from getting to the police. The score by Serge Besset helps amplify the intensity.

Despite several characters' murderous intentions, this is not a heavy story. You get a lot of laughs from Costa’s goons and from Dino as well - he’s got a knack for jumping on people’s faces at the right time. My favorite gag concerns a yappy dog who annoys its owner whenever Dino passes by. Movie fans will also have fun with a couple of references to gangster/crime movies, like Reservoir Dogs and Goodfellas but what I enjoyed most was the way the animated medium is used. There’s a scene set in complete darkness where Nico has to sneak by some people and it’s brilliantly done. There aren’t any colours so it doesn’t quite encompass all of the film’s best qualities, but it’s close.

Fans of animation should make the effort to check out A Cat in Paris. It’s short so you won’t be investing too much time, you’ll be entertained all the way through and the art design/animation is inspirational. It’s light but that’s perfectly fine. This just makes this the kind of movie you pop in when all you want is something entertaining. (Original French version, On DVD, April 23, 2021)

[djinarocks]

Any HC Voices for The Bolok Kids?

Celestine "Celeste" Auclair Bolok -- Elle Fanning (Winifred "Winnie" Portley Rind, the Boxtrolls) (Kid Voice)

(Teen Adult Voice) -- Vanessa Paradis (Lucille, A Monster in Paris)

Raphael Auclair Bolok -- Roman Griffin Davis (Johannes "Jojo" Betzler, Jojo Rabbit) (Kid Voice)

(Teen Adult Voice) -- Steven Yuen (Keith, Voltron: Legendary Defender)

The French Dub:

Celestine "Celeste" Auclair Bolok -- Oriane Zani (Zoé, A Cat in Paris (French Dub)) (Kid Voice)

(Teen Adult Voice) -- Vanessa Paradis (Lucille, A Monster in Paris (French Dub))

Raphael Auclair Bolok -- Max Renaudin (Maki, Zarafa (French Dub)) (Kid Voice)

(Teen Adult Voice) -- Cyril Mourali (Azur, Azur and Asmar: The Princes' Quest (French Dub))

Soon l will show their teen adult forms.

[thebutcher-5]

Un gatto a Parigi

Un gatto a Parigi

Benvenuti o bentornati sul nostro blog. Nello scorso articolo abbiamo fatto un passo indietro nel tempo e abbiamo parlato di un grande classico e un vero capolavoro della settima arte, Spartacus di Stanley Kubrick. Un film prodotto da Kirk Douglas, che fu anche il protagonista, che ebbe un’interessante produzione, con il cambio di regista dopo una settimana e la presenza di Dalton Trumbo, famoso…

[ofcosmicstardust]

"💎💎💎" (how many of our ships you wanna do)

i’m gonna keep going til i run out of steam

💎- Miss him so much 💎- Got to finish up school as fast as I can so I can go with him 💎- Don’t want to keep having to wait for him to come back

Etzio- 💎- Didn’t think I’d get to have a soulmate 💎- Want Etz Cuddles 💎- Life is better with him in it Myron- 💎- Miss him 💎- Maybe I should quit and stay with him 💎- I hope Evvie likes him

💎- Sven... really does plan to stick with me? I’m not too annoying? 💎- Heilyn says he sounds like the real deal... maybe I should introduce them 💎- Wish we could be in the same place more

💎- Sehun is so amazing. I don’t know what he sees in me, but... 💎- It’s okay for me to be a little bit selfish now, right? 💎- I never want to let go

💎- Well, I really did it, didn’t I? Dorian would be laughing at me now. 💎- Tristan’s worth it, though. He doesn’t seem to be going anywhere 💎- oh shit I might actually have to introduce him to Mother... Hope she doesn’t eat him alive.

💎- If I have to avoid being in private with my uncle for the rest of my life, I’ll do it. I won’t let him separate us 💎- Keyon’s the best thing that’s happened to me 💎- I know I fall too hard too fast, but I think he might still be there to catch me.

💎- Love Lukas so much 💎- Where’s Lukas? 💎- I’m going to go find him.

💎- Promised Aries I’d finish up faster 💎- Heilyn can manage the shop just fine while I’m gone. I want to be with him as much as I can 💎- Being with him makes me happy

💎- I should finish up soon and get back to Cain 💎- Am I allowed to be happy with him? 💎- Wonder if he’ll think this Apex nickname is as dumb as I think it is. Can’t wait to ask him.

💎- Oh, I should make that recipe for next time. Got to make sure to make an extra helping so Atlas can have some for lunch. 💎- Got to pick up a couple of things for our next gym trip 💎- I should ask both of them what kind of movies they like.

💎- I’ve been seeing Bas’s dreams a lot more lately... wonder what that means 💎- It’s nice that he doesn’t think I’m off putting. I think that might.... make me sad if he did... Weird... I didn’t think what other people thought of me bothered me 💎- He... matters? To me?

💎- Ohm really wants me to stick around... maybe I can try? 💎- I’ve never wanted to stay so much for someone 💎- I’ll try. For him.

💎- I love spending time with Mean 💎- Should probably tell Mom and Avis about him 💎- I just don’t want Avis to set him on fire. I like him a lot

💎- I shouldn’t have asked Perth to stay. I still don’t know how dangerous the vines are 💎- But he... stayed. Anyways. Even after the vines. 💎- Once I find her... I want to stay with him forever.

💎- Never thought someone would want to be with me. Maybe Grandpa was right 💎- I want to be around him too 💎- Shit... am I really... feeling so much for Pruk? Shit