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Panique au village / A Town Called Panic

Stéphane Aubier Vincent Patar

Belgium, France, Luxembourg / 2009 / 76' 0''

Director: Stéphane Aubier Vincent Patar

Production: La Parti Production, Gebeka Films, Beast Productions, Le Films du Grognon, Made in Productions, Melusine Productions, RTBF

Distribution: Coproduction Office

Screenplay: Stéphane Aubier, Guillaume Malandrin, Vincent Patar, Vincent Tavier

Camera: Jan Vandenbussche

Editing: Anne-Laure Guegan

Sound: Valène Leroy

Cast: Stéphane Aubier, Jeanne Balibar, Bruce Ellison, Frédéric Jannin, Bouli Lanners, Vincent Patar, Benoit Poelvoodre

Synopsis

Animated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian and Horse have problems, too. Cowboy and Indian's plan to surprise Horse with a homemade birthday gift backfires when they destroy his house instead. Surreal adventures take over as the trio travel to the center of the earth, trek across frozen tundra and discover a parallel underwater universe where pointy-headed (and dishonest!) creatures live. Each speedy character is voiced - and animated - as if their very air contains both amphetamines and laughing gas. With panic a permanent feature of life in this papier mâché town, will Horse and his girlfriend ever be alone?

Stéphane Aubier Vincent Patar

Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar are both cult favorites and leading names in European animation. The pair met as art students, graduating in 1981 the visual arts academy in Brussels. Their multiple award-winning 20-episode TV series "A Town Called Panic", in which simple plastic toys get into monumental trouble, has been shown the world over.

Two years of work went into the feature film of the same name. Brimming with wry internal logic and a virulent strain of Belgian surrealism, everything they animate overflows with imagination and energy.

Selected festival: Festival de Cannes

Panique au village / A Town Called Panic

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Stéphane Aubier Vincent Patar

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