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The Girl Who Cried Pearls
202517 min 37 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Chris LavisMaciek Szczerbowski
Production: Julie Roy (National Film Board of Canada)Marc Bertrand (National Film Board of Canada)Christine Noël (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Chris LavisMaciek SzczerbowskiIsabelle Mandalian
A National Film Board of Canada production.
In Montreal, at the dawn of the 20th century, a poor boy falls in love with a girl whose sorrow turns into pearls. He sells them to a ruthless pawnbroker, who hungers for more. Tempted by greed, the boy must choose between love and fortune. The choice could damn his soul.
From the Oscar-nominated team of Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (Madame Tutli-Putli), this meticulously crafted film is a testament to the magic of stop-motion animation. With handmade puppets, mesmerizing narration by Colm Feore and a haunting score by Patrick Watson, The Girl Who Cried Pearls is a timeless parable of desire, deception and the price of innocence.
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Subject categories
- Literature and Language > Children's Stories
- Economics > Informal Economy
- Social Issues > Poverty
- Children and Youth > Violence and Child Abuse
Credits
- direction
- Chris Lavis
- Maciek Szczerbowski
- writer
- Chris Lavis
- Maciek Szczerbowski
- Isabelle Mandalian
- voice
- Colm Feore
- original music
- Patrick Watson
- producer
- Julie Roy
- Marc Bertrand
- Christine Noël
- sound designer
- Olivier Calvert
- artistic director
- Brigitte Henry
- animator
- Laura Stewart
- Laura Venditti
- Peggy Arel
- cast
- Colm Feore
- Gabrielle Dallaire
- Charlotte Loseth
- costume designer
- Yso
- additional puppet painting
- Jean Labourdette
- casting
- Erik H. Goulet
- mould-making
- Erik H. Goulet
- executive production
- Christine Noël
- development producer
- Julie Roy
- line producer
- Mélanie Boudreau Blanchard
- Anne-Marie Bousquet
- administrator
- Karine Desmeules
- Diane Régimbald
- production coordinator
- Josiane Bernardin
- Camila Blos
- Michèle Labelle
- reference performance actor
- Nathalie Claude
- Stéphane Demers
- Andréa Lecavalier
- Jacob Lemieux
- Jeanne Madore
- Michel Perron
- technical director
- Éric Pouliot
- technical animation specialist
- Yannick Grandmont
- visual effects
- Melrouss
- Jean-François Lévesque
- Alexandre Roy
- Kamil Chajder
- compositing artist
- Melrouss
- Jean-François Lévesque
- Alexandre Roy
- Kamil Chajder
- additional compositor
- Mélanie Bouchard
- Alain Ostiguy
- Cynthia Ouellet
- Serge Verreault
- 3D artist generalist
- Alexandre Morin
- 3D modelling
- Daniel Gies
- texturing
- Daniel Gies
- studio coordinator
- Rose Mercier-Marcotte
- Laetitia Seguin
- foley
- Lise Wedlock
- sound recordist
- Luc Léger
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording mixer
- Isabelle Lussier
- colourist
- Yannick Carrier
- online editor
- Yannick Carrier
- credits
- Cynthia Ouellet
- technical coordinator
- Lyne Lapointe
- Mira Mailhot
- consultant
- Artifex Animation Studios Inc.
- Stéphane Lafleur
- Jacques Lévesque
- musical composition
- Patrick Watson
- arrangements
- Patrick Watson
- Benoît Groulx
- engineering assistance
- Montana Martin Iles
- musical composition performer
- Richard Reed Parry
- Yannick Chênevert
- Sophie Trudeau
- Robert Margayan
- Mélanie Bélair
- Madeleine Messier
- Ligia Paquin
- Rebecca Foon
- Annie Gadbois
- Victor Alibert
- Laurence Neill-Poirier
- Martin Carpentier
- Jocelyne Roy
- Brad Barr
- Charlotte Loseth
- senior marketing advisor
- Judith Lessard-Bérubé
- marketing project manager
- Marion Duhaime-Morissette
- marketing coordinator
- Émilie Ryan
- publicist
- Nadine Viau
- legal advisor
- Christian Pitchen
Awards
- Benshi PrizeInternational Animated Film Festival