Ville Neuve

Ville Neuve (2019)

Determined to stop drinking, Joseph moves into a friend's house and convinces his ex-wife Emma to join him. In the troubled times of Quebec independence referendum, this is the account of their stormy reunion.

Date of release
2019-04-12
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 16m
Genres
Animation, Drama
Director
Félix Dufour-Laperrière

Casting

Interesting facts

Ville Neuve is a 2018 Canadian animated drama film written and directed by Félix Dufour-Laperrière, in his animated feature debut. Made entirely by hand using ink on paper, the film stars Robert Lalonde and Johanne-Marie Tremblay in a story set against the backdrop of the 1995 Quebec referendum campaign. It premiered in the Venice Days section of the 2018 Venice International Film Festival.

Production

Dufour-Laperrière began writing the screenplay in 2012, adapting it in part from Raymond Carver's short story "Chef's House". The film was his animated feature debut. It was animated entirely by hand using ink on paper animation. It was made by a team of around 30 people, using approximately 80,000 drawings, on a budget of C$1.6 million.

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