The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Canada | 2025 | 17′ 30″
Synopsis
In Montreal, at the dawn of the 20th century, a poor boy falls in love with a girl whose sorrow turns into pearls. He sells them to a ruthless pawnbroker, who hungers for more. Tempted by greed, the boy must choose between love and fortune. The choice could damn his soul.
From the Oscar-nominated team of Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (Madame Tutli-Putli), this meticulously crafted film is a testament to the magic of stop-motion animation. With handmade puppets, mesmerizing narration by Colm Feore and a haunting score by Patrick Watson, The Girl Who Cried Pearls is a timeless parable of desire, deception and the price of innocence.
CREDITS:
A film by:
Chris Lavis
Maciek Szczerbowski
(Clyde Henry Productions)
Written by:
Chris Lavis
Maciek Szczerbowski
Isabelle Mandalian
With the voice of:
Colm Feore
Original Music:
Patrick Watson
Producers:
Julie Roy
Marc Bertrand
Christine Noël
Sound Designer:
Olivier Calvert
Artistic Director:
Brigitte Henry
Animators:
Laura Stewar,
Laura Venditti,
Peggy Arel
Costume Designer:
Yso
Visual Effects and Compositing Artists: Melrouss, Jean-François Lévesque, Alexandre Roy, Kamil Chajder
3D Artist Generalist:
Alexandre Morin, ZABELLE Inc.
3D Modelling and Texturing:
Daniel Gies, E.D. Films
Studio Coordinators:
Rose Mercier-Marcotte
Laetitia Seguin
Foley:
Lise Wedlock
Sound Recordists:
Luc Léger
Geoffrey Mitchell
Re-Recording Mixer:
Isabelle Lussier
Colourist & Online Editor:
Yannick Carrier
Two People Exchanging Saliva
USA, France | 2024 | 36′ | live-action
Synopsis
In a society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face. Angine, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store. There, she becomes fascinated by a playful salesgirl. Despite the prohibition of kissing, the two become close, raising the suspicions of a jealous colleague.
CREDITS:
Cast: Zar Amir, Luana Bajrami, Aurélie Boquien, Vicky Krieps, Nicolas Bouchaud, Mitchell Jean, Mustapha Abourachid, Thibault de Lussy
Written and Directed by: Alexandre Singh & Natalie Musteata
Producers: Violeta Kreimer, Valentina Merli, Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh, Carol Cohen
Executive Producer: Isabelle Huppert, Julianne Moore
Director of Photography: Alexandra de Saint Blanquat
Editor: Hanna Park
Music: Bobak Lotfipour
Sound Designer: Damian Volpe
Costume Designer: Rezvan Farsijani
Head Makeup Artist: Margaux Tricot
Head Hair Stylist: Marcos Barajas
