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.

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