Raging Blues (2004)

Directors:

Lyonel Mathieu, Vincent Paronnaud

Writers:

Lyonel Mathieu, Vincent Paronnaud

2 wins.

Storyline

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Genres:

Animation | Short

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

18 June 2004 (France)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Je Suis Bien Content

Technical Specs

Runtime:

6 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Depressing, though very well done

A short cartoon about real estate development, poverty, Christmas, suicide, and boxing. Black and white, silent (though with music and some sound effects). Could almost have been directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano (the "patriarch of Soviet animation") in the 1930s.

But it's from 2004. And it assimilates itself so much into the visuals of the 1930s that technically I might call it almost perfect (and gave it 9/10, which is about the maximum I hand out for the best films I know, because nobody is perfect...).

If you can deal with the topics mentioned above, watch or get this little film (for instance from archive.org). It will take 5 minutes, 37 seconds of your time. For me, it was very well worth them. Thinking about it takes longer.