Post by lalimule on Oct 27, 2021 18:36:22 GMT
I'm searching a short film during many years. Maybe you'll be able to help me.
Where and When ?
Late 1990 or early 2000. In a local movie theater during a school trip.
The movie was in French, but maybe it exist in other country and language.
What sort of media ?
It was a short film in animation. I remember stop motion with clay paste but with some drawing part in it. It is possible the movie was only made with drawing
The story ?
It was an animation of a traditional African tale. I find a French version of this tale here : perlesdorphee.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/loeil-un-conte-africain/
But I can make a quick summary in English.
It was the story of a very very poor man in Africa and a narrator tell us what happen to him. He was so poor that he can't buy food and become more and more thin.
One day he find a spirit, or a genius. that magical creature tell him to make a wish. He can give to the man everything he wants. But his neighbor have to received the double.
The man think of different things : a buffalo, a house, a beautiful wife... But all the time he remember his neighbor is going to have the double and it makes him change his mind.
The next day the spirit come back and ask the man what he want. the man answer : "Arrache moi un oeil" (in French) "Take an eye out of me"
Other details ?
-in a scene the narrator said the man was so thin that he was curved by the wind, like grass.
- When the man think about his wish I think his different option were not stop motion but drawing with a stylized design inspired by some sort of "African" art. With a draw for his wish. And an other for what his neighbor should have.
- The movie end with the man's eye in big saying the final wish and a black cut.
Where and When ?
Late 1990 or early 2000. In a local movie theater during a school trip.
The movie was in French, but maybe it exist in other country and language.
What sort of media ?
It was a short film in animation. I remember stop motion with clay paste but with some drawing part in it. It is possible the movie was only made with drawing
The story ?
It was an animation of a traditional African tale. I find a French version of this tale here : perlesdorphee.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/loeil-un-conte-africain/
But I can make a quick summary in English.
It was the story of a very very poor man in Africa and a narrator tell us what happen to him. He was so poor that he can't buy food and become more and more thin.
One day he find a spirit, or a genius. that magical creature tell him to make a wish. He can give to the man everything he wants. But his neighbor have to received the double.
The man think of different things : a buffalo, a house, a beautiful wife... But all the time he remember his neighbor is going to have the double and it makes him change his mind.
The next day the spirit come back and ask the man what he want. the man answer : "Arrache moi un oeil" (in French) "Take an eye out of me"
Other details ?
-in a scene the narrator said the man was so thin that he was curved by the wind, like grass.
- When the man think about his wish I think his different option were not stop motion but drawing with a stylized design inspired by some sort of "African" art. With a draw for his wish. And an other for what his neighbor should have.
- The movie end with the man's eye in big saying the final wish and a black cut.
