Tales of The Night  Les Contes de La Nuit

The film weaves together six exotic fables each unfolding a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, and Aztec kingdom, the African plains, and even the Land of the Dead. In Ocelot's storytelling, history blends with fairytale as viewers are whisked off to enchanted lands full of dragons, werewolves, captive princesses, sorceres, and enormous talking bees - and each favle ends with its own ironic twist.

Tales of te Night is renowed animations auteur Michel Ocelot ( Kirikou and the Sorceress, Azur & Asmar)'s first foray into 3D animation (also available in 2D). A hit at the Berlin Film Festival, the film extends the earlier shadow puppet style of Ocelot's Princes and Princesses, with black silhouetted characters set off agains exquisitely detailed Day-Glo backgrounds bursting with color and kaleidoscopic patterns - the subtle of 3D creating a diorama-like effect.

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