Tales of the Night

Tales of the Night

Still from the segment "Le Prince des joyaux."
Genre Fairy tale
Creator Michel Ocelot
Directed by Michel Ocelot
Produced by Didier Brunner[1]
Written by Michel Ocelot
Starring Sophie Edmond
Cyrille Artaux
Eric Bottom
Philippe Destre
Pierre Jarillon
Patrice Leroy
Music by Alain Marchal[2]
Editing by Michèle Péju[3]
Country France
Language French
Original channel Canal+
Release date 1992 (1992)
Running time 26 minutes
Preceded by Ciné si (1989)
Followed by Dragons et princesses (2010)

Tales of the Night (French: Les Contes de la nuit) is a 1992[4] French silhouette animation television special[4] written and directed by Michel Ocelot. It aired on Canal+ in France, ZDF in Germany and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.[5] It is a trilogy of three further fairy tales in much the same format as Ciné si: "La Belle Fille et le sorcier" ("The Pretty Girl and the Sorcerer"), "Bergère qui danse" ("The Dancing Shepherdess") and "Le Prince des joyaux" ("The Prince of Jewels").[4] Unlike La Princesse insensible and Ciné si, Les Contes is on 35 mm film.[6]

Release

"Le Prince des joyaux" was also shown in French cinemas in 1994[7] (and later released on VHS)[8] as part of the Folimage-organised package film Le Petit Cirque et autres contes.[9] All three individual segments (though still lacking the original opening, ending and bridging segments) were made available on DVD-Video with the release of Les Trésors cachés de Michel Ocelot in 2008.[3]

References

  1. ^ Brunner, Didier. "Producer's notes on Kirikou and the Sorceress". Kirikou.net. ArtMattan Productions. http://www.kirikou.net/animation.html. Retrieved 2008-10-18. 
  2. ^ "Petit Cirque et autres contes" (in French) (Portable Document Format) (Press release). Cinéma[s] LE FRANCE. http://www.abc-lefrance.com/article.php3?id_article=677. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
  3. ^ a b Ocelot, Michel (Director) (2008-10-22). Les Trésors cachés de Michel Ocelot (DVD). Paris: France Télévisions. 
  4. ^ a b c Pilling, Jayne (2001). "Filmographies". 2D and Beyond. Animation. Hove: RotoVision. pp. 153. ISBN 28-8046-445-5. 
  5. ^ Michel Ocelot (2000) [DVD 2004] (in French) (Filmography). Princes et princesses (Liner notes). Paris, France: France Télévisions. EDV 174. 
  6. ^ "Folimage – Prog 5 : Le Petit Cirque et autres contes" (in French). Cinémathèque.fr. La Cinémathèque française. 2005. http://www.cinematheque.fr/fr/dans-salles/jeune-public/seances-cinema/fiche-manifestation/folimage-prog-5-petit-cirque-autres-contes,8271.html. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
  7. ^ "Le Petit Cirque et autres contes – film de Michaël Dudok de Wit – Cinéma" (in French). EVENE.fr. Le Figaro. http://www.evene.fr/cinema/films/le-petit-cirque-et-autres-contes-6690.php. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
  8. ^ "Le Petit Cirque et autres contes" (in French). HEEZA.fr. http://www.heeza.fr/BOUTIK/Fiches_Produits/FOLIMAGE/petitcirque.html. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
  9. ^ "Brochure Petit Cirque" (in French) (Portable Document Format) (Press release). Folimage. http://www.folimage.fr/site/Cinemas/BrochurePetitCirque.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 

External links

The works of Michel Ocelot
Feature films
Television programs
Short films
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