Ciné si
| Ciné si | |
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| Also known as | Cinema If (literal translation) We Are the Star (marketed as) |
| Created by | Michel Ocelot |
| Written by | Michel Ocelot |
| Directed by | Michel Ocelot |
| Voices of | Arlette Mirapeu Philippe Cheytion Yves Barsacq François Voisin |
| Composer(s) | Christian Maire |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language(s) | French |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Editor(s) | Michèle Péju |
| Camera setup | Single-camera setup |
| Running time | 12 minutes |
| Production company(s) | La Fabrique Salud Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | Canal+ |
| Picture format | 16 mm colour film |
| Original release | 3 April 1989 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Les Contes de la nuit (1992) |
| Related shows |
Princes et Princesses (2000) Dragons et princesses (2010) Les Contes de la nuit (2011) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Ciné si (French: [sineˈsi] Cinema If) is a 1989 French silhouette animation television series conceived, written and directed by Michel Ocelot and realised at La Fabrique, consisting of short fairy tale and retro-future stories performed by the same animated "actors." A critical success but commercial failure at the time, no further episodes were commissioned beyond the initial eight but following the success of Ocelot's Kirikou and the Sorceress six were edited into the 2000 compilation movie Princes et princesses (Princes and Princesses), in which form they finally saw wide exposure and acclaim both in France and internationally; a further episode was included in a home release of short works in 2008 but one remains unavailable for public consumption.
It is the first of Ocelot's projects to be filmed entirely in silhouette, an aesthetic he has since become particularly associated with, continuing in it and the "actor" conceit with 1992's Les Contes de la nuit and conceiving Kirikou and the Sorceress as such, returning to it fully with the continuation of Ciné si he had always planned for in the form of Dragons et princesses.
Two episodes of Ciné si were not compiled into Princes et princesses: "Icare" and "On ne saurait penser à tout". "Icare" was later included, with English subtitles on the French DVD release Les Trésors cachés de Michel Ocelot.
It is said that somewhere, an enchanted princess lies captive in a secret palace – a palace you can be sure that you're getting close to if you find diamonds lying in the grass. But in order to free the princess from the curse placed upon her, one would have to find all one-hundred and eleven of the diamonds which make up her broken necklace. Many princes have attempted to break the spell, but all have disappeared without a trace. An original story by Michel Ocelot; nominated for the César Award for best short animated film in 1989.
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