Short film

The Girl Who Cried Pearls

2025 · 17 min

A haunting stop-motion fable that lingers like a half-remembered dream, blending tenderness and quiet menace.

Overview: A poor boy’s love for a girl whose tears turn to pearls leads him into a perilous bargain between love, greed, and survival.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, cynical and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Greed, love, survival, morality
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: greed
love
survival
morality
deception
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: twist ending
animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: animation, drama, fantasy
Directed by: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
Written by: Chris Lavis, Isabelle Mandalian, Maciek Szczerbowski
Starring: James Hyndman, Simone Paradis, Gabrielle Dallaire, Charlotte Loseth
Music: Patrick Watson
Runtime: 17 min
Country: Canada
Languages: French