a.k.a. Princes and Princesses
Television series Ciné si (Cinema If) • 3 April 1989 • 8 ×ばつ 12 minutes
Feature film • 26 January 2000 • 70 minutes
Direction, screenplay and stories by Michel Ocelot • Music by Christian Maire
Compiled from the 1989 TV series
© 1999 Les Armateurs/La Fabrique/Studio O/Gébéka Films
Introduction
In a city somewhere, two children live on opposite sides of a street. Every night from the windows of their bedrooms they call out to each other, and slide down the rooftops to the old abandoned cinema below. Abandoned, that is by all but the organist and an owl who has taken a liking to the place.
But this is no ordinary cinema. While appearing to be merely a grey, empty shell, we know it as a place of wondrous machines, where anything you can draw can be made real and you yourself can act out the fantasy on the screen.
Features
- About Princes et princesses
- "La Chanson de Ciné si" lyrics
- Princes et princesses Q&A
- Princes et princesses episode guide
Availability
Links
Official
Information
- http://www.cinemaodyssee.com/tonodyssee Information and teaching materials (French)
- http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/evenemen/princes_princesses_2006 Exhibition at the Cité des sciences, Paris (French)
- http://new.facebook.com/pages/Princes-Princesses/7493638697 Facebook page
- http://2004.frenchfilmfestival.org/content/tabID__3792/Films.aspx Showing at Australia's French Film Festival
- http://www.ggl.ch/rassegna2001/principi.html Synopsis, teaching materials, poster (Italian)
- http://www.la-fabrique.com/anglais/fichefilm.php?v=HTML&id=26 La Fabrique's Ciné si page
- http://www.la-fabrique.com/anglais/fichefilm.php?v=HTML&id=83 La Fabrique's Princes et princesses page
- http://www.theatre-contemporain.net/spectacles/princes_et_princesses Site for the French stage production (French)
- http://www.wfac.ca/films/show/14 Showing at the Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema
Media
- http://www.filmstreet.co.uk/article.aspa?PageId=719&NodeId=175 Templates of the prince and princess
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-tWKLABb5I&fmt=35 Original trailer
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBConNL_C_k&fmt=35 Demonstration of the technique
- http://www.movist.com/movies/viewgallery.asp?mid=3116&tp=s&num=1 High-resolution images
Profiles
- http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:227085
- http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/88601-Princes_et_Princesses.html
- http://www.flixster.com/movie/princes-and-princesses
- http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0229664
- http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/sources/series.php3?cle=1595 (French)
- http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/princes_and_princesses
- http://www.screenrush.co.uk/films/film-22159
- http://www.tribute.ca/movies/princes-and-princesses/2512
- http://en.unifrance.org/movie/20666/princes-and-princesses
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_et_princesses
Reviews
- http://www.astralresearch.org/mysticalmovieguide/mmlist.pl?exact=Princes%20and%20Princesses&master=1
- http://www.avclub.com/content/dvds/kirikou_and_the_wild_beast_princes
- http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/2001/princes.shtml
- http://dearauthor.com/features/film-reviews/friday-film-review-princes-et-princesses/
- http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/treereview.php3?ID=10037
- http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews47/princes_and_princesses.htm
- http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/34713/princes-and-princesses
- http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=1523
- http://moria.co.nz/fantasy/princes&princesses.htm
- http://www.movierapture.com/princesetprincesses.htm
- http://mytwenty.multiply.com/reviews/item/5
- http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080808-AniShorts-Worldwide.html
- http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20011102&slug=princes02
- http://www.sick-boy.com/kirikou.htm
- http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117788395.html