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Release Date:
15 March 2006 (France)
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Tagline:
Paris 2054. Live forever or die trying.
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In 2054, Paris is a labyrinth where all movement is monitored and recorded. Casting a shadow over everything is the city's largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export -- youth and beauty. In this world of stark contrasts and rigid laws the populace is kept in line and accounted for. full summary | add synopsis
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Kidnapping
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Missing File
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2050s
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Monopoly
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Aging
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2 wins
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(6 articles)
Japan goes film noir with Electronic Girl
(From 24FramesPerSecond. 24 August 2009, 6:08 AM, PDT)
Japan goes film noir with Electronic Girl
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(From 24FramesPerSecond. 24 August 2009, 6:08 AM, PDT)
Japan goes film noir with Electronic Girl
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Innovative Animated Thriller
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Daniel Craig | ... | Barthélémy Karas (voice) |
 | Romola Garai | ... | Ilona Tasuiev (voice) |
 | Ian Holm | ... | Jonas Muller (voice) |
 | Kevork Malikyan | ... | Nusrat Farfella (voice) |
 | Catherine McCormack | ... | Bislane Tasuiev (voice) |
 | Jonathan Pryce | ... | Paul Dellenbach (voice) |
| Robert Dauney | ... | Karas (voice) |
 | Crystal Shepherd-Cross | ... | Bislane (voice) |
| Isabelle Van Waes | ... | Ilona (voice) (as Isabelle Van Waess) |
| Max Hayter | ... | Dellenbach (voice) |
| Marco Lorenzini | ... | Muller (voice) |
| Jerome Causse | ... | Amiel (voice) |
| Clémentine Baert | ... | Nurses (voice) |
 | Chris Bearne | ... | Parisian (voice) |
| David Benito | ... | Nayhib (voice) |
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Rated R for some violent images, sexuality, nudity and language.
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105 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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UK:15 |
Ireland:15A |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
France:U |
Australia:M |
USA:R |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Argentina:13 |
Germany:12 |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Brazil:12
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Renaissance took six years to complete on a budget of 15 million dollars.
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Barthélémy Karas:
I don't know anything about saints, but I have an uncanny instinct for sniffing out a son of a bitch.
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Referenced in Dans la tête de Christian Volckman (2006) (V)
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Renaissance deftly walks the line between mainstream American animation and Japanese anime. There are no annoying animals here to perform lame songs written by has-been musicians and no esoteric detours through alternate dimensions. Instead, Renaissance is a gritty, innovatively drawn thriller with an engaging central story.
The film's greatest asset is its stunning "film noir" animation. The animators have created a distinctive and haunting look through the use of a black & white colour scheme and the constant manipulation of shadow and light. The result is something akin to an animated lino cut or a manga version of Sin City. Equally impressive is the film's ability to move seamlessly from simple two dimensional outlines to scenes involving the most intricate animation imaginable. This is displayed to good effect during an extended car chase in the middle of Renaissance which contains the kind of dazzling animation usually only seen in the works of Otomo, Oshii and Miyazaki.
Regardless of the calibre of the animation, the film would become boring very quickly without an involving storyline. Renaissance also succeeds in this department with an interesting, if unnecessarily convoluted, plot revolving around a corporate kidnapping and demented scientists. The film benefits greatly from a winning central character in Karas, an unorthodox cop voiced in the English version by Daniel Craig. The voice work and dubbing are generally good, with Catherine McCormack particularly impressive as the voice of Bislane.
Renaissance is one of the best animated film aimed at adults not to originate from Japan. The pace is brisk, the tone is evocative and the direction manages to be effortlessly stylish. Highly recommended for the anti-Pixar crowd.