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Le Rossignol

2005 · 50 min

A dreamlike fusion of opera and animation, blending ancient Chinese art with modern gadgets in a whimsical, visually inventive experience.

Directed by
Christian Chaudet
Genres
Fantasy, Music, Tv movie
Starring
Natalie Dessay, Violeta Urmana, Marie McLaughlin
Overview
Getting into his grandfather's pottery workship at night, a little boy finds an unusually large vase. Fascinated, the child feels the still-warm material, which - whether by a miracle ot the hand of a magician, who knows? - at once changes into a magnificent piece of Chinese porcelain. Presently, from behind the great blue-enamelled trees, there appears a fisherman in his sampan... That's how the story of "The Nightingale", told all in music, begins, as the waking dream of a child in the land of Chinese art - and of mobile phones and webcams.

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Directed by
Christian Chaudet
Genres
Fantasy, Music, Tv movie
Starring
Natalie Dessay, Violeta Urmana, Marie McLaughlin
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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • music
  • identity
  • freedom
  • nature
Places
  • fantasy world
  • home
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism2
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
fantasy, music, tv movie
Directed by
Christian Chaudet
Starring
Natalie Dessay, Violeta Urmana, Marie McLaughlin, Laurent Naouri, Albert Schagidullin, Maxim Mikhailov, Vsevolod Grivnov, Hugo Simcic
Runtime
50 min
Country
France
Languages
English, French, Russian

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