Ajyal Film Festival 2023

All Films

Anatole's Little Saucepan (La Petite Casserole d’Anatole)

Ajyal Competition

Éric Montchaud / Short Narrative / France / 2014 / 6 min / Colour / DCP2K
In English, French / Arabic, English subtitles
Interests: Animation, Children, Education
Qatar Premiere

Synopsis

Anatole is a perfectly normal little guy except for one thing: he has a little red saucepan tied to his wrist, which clanks along behind him everywhere he goes. Unfortunately, despite his sweet nature and his talent for painting, people never seem to notice anything about him except his saucepan, and this makes him feel excluded from the world. Stunningly animated, this endearing film shows us that each of us is special not despite what makes us different, but because of it.

About the Directors

Eric Montchaud studied animation at La Poudrière in Valence, France, where he specialised in stop-motion. His shorts ‘Les Animals’ (2001) and ‘L’Odeur du chien mouillé’ (2013) played at film festivals around the world. He was an animator on Michel Gondry’s ‘The Science of Sleep’ (2006) and ‘Mood Indigo’ (2013). After his son showed him Isabelle Carrier’s book ‘Anatole’s Little Saucepan’, Montchaud was inspired to make a film with puppets.

Credits

Director
Éric Montchaud
Screenwriter
Éric Montchaud
Producer
Jean-Pierre Lemouland
Editor
Gwen Mallauran
Music
Pierre Bastien
Cinematographer
Nadine Buss
Production Company
JPL Films

blog comments powered by Disqus