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The Painting

Name: The Painting
Genre: Fantasy, Animation
Released: 2011-10-12
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 7

★ 7,0 /10 (181 Votes)

2011 FR 80 min

Overview

Three characters living in an unfinished painting venture out into the real world in search of their creator to convince him to finish his work.

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Release date

12/10/2011

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181

Popularity

1.8

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Genres

Fantasy Animation

Status

Released

Original title

Le Tableau

Language

Runtime

80 min

Revenue

$11,229

Website

www.letableau-lefilm.fr

Chloé Berthier

Claire (voice)

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Thierry Jahn

Plume (voice)

Jessica Monceau

Lola (voice)

Céline Ronté

Garance (voice)

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Adrien Larmande

Ramo (voice)

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Magali Ronsenzweig

Orange de Mars (voice)

Jean-François Laguionie

Self-portrait / The Painter (voice)

Julien Bouanich

Gom (voice)

Serge Faliu

Pierrot (voice)

Thomas Sagols

Magenta (voice)

Jérémy Prévost

Monsieur Gris (voice)

Jean Barney

Venice Painter (voice)

Michel Vigné

The Captain (voice)

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Le Tableau is a rather clever pastiche of Romeo and Juliet and The Wizard of Oz. It’s also a palimpsest, rich in content and meaning below the surface. Star-crossed lovers Ramo (Adrien Larmande) and Claire (Chloé Berthier), must hide their romance, not because of their surnames, but as a result of differences in class and religion. We've seen this a million times before, but never as in this animated film co-written and directed by Jean-François Laguionie. Ramo and Claire are figures in an incomplete painting; he belongs to the aristocratic Toupins (tout peint, or 'fully drawn'), who live …

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