Tales of the Night (2011) Les contes de la nuit (original title)

Director:

Michel Ocelot

Writer:

Michel Ocelot (written by)

Release Date:

20 July 2011 (Belgium)

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Julien Beramis	...	Boy (voice) (as Julien Béramis)
Marine Griset	...	Girl (voice)
Michel Elias	...	(voice)
Olivier Claverie	...	(voice)
Isabelle Guiard	...	(voice)
Yves Barsacq	...	Théo (voice)
Legrand Bemba-Debert	...	(voice) (as Legrand Bemba Débert)
Fatoumata Diawara	...	(voice)
Fabrice Daudet Grazaï	...	(voice)
Sabine Pakora	...	(voice)
Gérard Diby	...	(voice)
Umban Gomez de Kset	...	(voice)
Firmine Richard	...	(voice)
Olivia Brunaux	...	(voice)
Serge Feuillard	...	(voice)
Michel Ocelot	...	(voice)
Louise Rossignon	...	(voice)
Christophe Rossignon	...	Bishop (voice)

Directed by
Michel Ocelot

Writing credits
Michel Ocelot		(written by)

Produced by
Philippe Boeffard	....	executive producer (as Philip Boëffard)
Ève Machuel	....	line producer
Christophe Rossignon	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christian Maire

Film Editing by
Patrick Ducruet

Casting by
Gigi Akoka

Production Management
Julien Azoulay	....	post-production manager
Alexandre Chalanset	....	post-production manager
Alexandra Giuliano	....	production manager
Virginie Guilminot	....	production manager
Clara Vincienne	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Éric Serre	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Séverin Favriau	....	sound editor
Stéphane Thiébaut	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Jacques Bled	....	visual effects producer: Mac Guff Ligne
Rodolphe Chabrier	....	stereoscopic conversion
Rodolphe Chabrier	....	visual effects director
Delphine Domer	....	visual effects post producer: 3D stereo conversion (as Delphine 'Fifine' Domer)
Mathilde Germi	....	visual effects supervisor

Animation Department
Christophe Barnouin	....	animator
Alice Bouchier	....	animator
Ferdinand Boutard	....	animator
Christel Boyer	....	background artist
Jean-Claude Charles	....	animator
Dorian Février	....	technical supervisor
Damien Gaillardon	....	animator
Yannick Giaume	....	animator
Anne-Lise Koehler	....	background artist
Khaled Labidi	....	animator
Simon Lacalmontie	....	background artist
Aude Larmet	....	animator
Pascal Lemaire	....	animator
Élodie Lenaerts	....	animator
Véronique Poilane	....	animator
Laurianne Proudhon	....	animator (as Laurianne Proud'hon)
Laurianne Proudhon	....	digital compositor
Léo Silly Pélissier	....	animator
Francesco Vecchi	....	animator

Casting Department
Mustapha Souaidi	....	adr voice casting

Music Department
Jean Taxis	....	music engineer

Other crew
Jessica Bergstein-Collay	....	press officer
Robert Schlockoff	....	press officer

Production Companies

• Nord-Ouest Productions (as Nord-Ouest Films)
• Studio O (co-production)
• StudioCanal (co-production)
• Région Ile-de-France (support)

Distributors

• StudioCanal (2011) (France) (all media)
• Cinéart (2011) (Belgium) (all media)
• Frenetic Films (2011) (Switzerland) (theatrical) (French speaking region)
• Remstar Films (2012) (Canada) (all media) (French speaking region)
• Serenity Entertainment International (2012) (Taiwan) (theatrical) (original subtitled version)
• Soda Pictures (2012) (Ireland) (all media)
• Soda Pictures (2012) (UK) (all media)
• Ghibli Museum, The (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Gkids (2012) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Gulf Film (2012) (Lebanon) (theatrical)
• Gulf Film (2012) (United Arab Emirates) (theatrical)
• Lusomundo (2012) (Portugal) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Mac Guff Ligne (stereoscopic post production)

Other Companies

• B-MAC  color grading

Also Known As:

"Les contes de la nuit" - France (original title)

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Japan:G | South Korea:All | Singapore:G

Company:

Nord-Ouest Productions

Movie Connections:

Edited from "Dragons et princesses: Le loup-garou (#1.2)" (2010)

Flat

I seriously have no idea why this was "made" 3-D. There was not real depth behind it (and I'm not even talking that much about character depth, though it is missing a bit too). While your imagination may be having a real hoot with this, your senses may tell you otherwise.

The story as it is, isn't that inventive either. It is nice and you can follow it pretty easy, but there is nothing special about the stories (3-D and animation aside that is, though as said, especially the former isn't really working on any level, no pun intended). I wonder what kids will think of this. Because they might be the main target audience for this. But I couldn't tell if this works for them ...