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The Girl Without Hands

2016 · 76 min

A haunting, painterly fairy tale that feels like watching a dream unfold with stark beauty and quiet dread.

Tagline
A family, the Devil, a prince, a goddess : a girl without hands faces her destiny.
Overview
A poor miller gets tricked by the Devil and accidentally sells his daughter for a bit of gold. But Satan can't take her because she's too pure and has wept on her hands. So Satan orders the miller to cut her hands off. It's the beginning of the young girl's journey towards freedom.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • family
  • fate
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
  • fantasy world
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour2
Realism3
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
animation, fantasy, romance
Directed by
Sébastien Laudenbach
Written by
Sébastien Laudenbach
Starring
Anaïs Demoustier, Jérémie Elkaïm, Philippe Laudenbach, Olivier Broche, Françoise Lebrun, Sacha Bourdo, Elina Löwensohn
Music
Olivier Mellano
Cinematography
Sébastien Laudenbach
Runtime
76 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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