La Symphonie du hanneton 1998 Directed by Patrick Czaplinski
It starts in one room: a young man in pajamas lies down and sleeps. He agitates, turns, returns. He is recovering, sits on his bed and a cloud of smoke is coming from his skull, he loses an arm, a leg. He enters a fantasy world where all objects come to life. The swallowed pillow passes his door, a reflection of the mirror emancipates, the portrait of the table rebels and sings his dismay. Dishes and utensils are transformed into a fabulous bestiary where dragon and rhinos are fighting. Gags in cascade, anachronistic nose-feet in acrobatics, juggling on the trapeze, dancing lyric songs, James Thiérrée puts the reality upside down and takes us into a surreal and dreamlike symphony played by interpreters to staggering energy.
Release Date 1 January 1998
75 mins
Cast
James Thierrée
Le dormeur
Raphaëlle Boitel
L'araignée
Magnus Jakobsson
Le reflet
Uma Ysamat
La chanteuse
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Costume Design
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Director
Costume Design
Music
Lighting