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Le mystère de Lucy Lost
Why does eleven-year-old Lucy have white hair? Why can’t anyone else see her friend of the same age? And what do the villagers have against her? While closely linked to the First World War, Lucy’s search for a sense of belonging unfolds with an emotional force unrelated to the historical context.
Lucy wants for nothing more than to be able to go to school with her brother Alfie and the other children from the village. But this wish is repeatedly put on hold because she only recently regained the ability to speak and both her parents and the doctor are sceptical about her attending school.
What’s more, the villagers’ disbelief in the wondrous girl, her visions or even her mysterious friend Milly, whom no one but Lucy can see or hear, doesn’t really help matters. As this caution gradually turns into mistrust and then into open rejection, Lucy, with Milly’s help, embarks on a great adventure in search of her past, her memories and the truth about herself.
For his feature-film debut, Olivier Clert (who worked on “Amélie et la métaphysique de tubes”, “Klaus”, and “Little Prince”) has adapted the novel “Listen to the Moon” by the British bestselling author Michael Morpurgo. Set against the backdrop of the First World War, the film explores themes of identity, loss and the desire to belong. Produced using hand-drawn 2D animation by Xilam (“I Lost My Body”), the film’s visually rich animation is combined with a poetic narrative style.
The film was part of the Official Selection – Feature Films at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and celebrated its world premiere at the Festival de Cannes in the Family Screening category. (Corinna Haag)
Lucy wants for nothing more than to be able to go to school with her brother Alfie and the other children from the village. But this wish is repeatedly put on hold because she only recently regained the ability to speak and both her parents and the doctor are sceptical about her attending school.
What’s more, the villagers’ disbelief in the wondrous girl, her visions or even her mysterious friend Milly, whom no one but Lucy can see or hear, doesn’t really help matters. As this caution gradually turns into mistrust and then into open rejection, Lucy, with Milly’s help, embarks on a great adventure in search of her past, her memories and the truth about herself.
For his feature-film debut, Olivier Clert (who worked on “Amélie et la métaphysique de tubes”, “Klaus”, and “Little Prince”) has adapted the novel “Listen to the Moon” by the British bestselling author Michael Morpurgo. Set against the backdrop of the First World War, the film explores themes of identity, loss and the desire to belong. Produced using hand-drawn 2D animation by Xilam (“I Lost My Body”), the film’s visually rich animation is combined with a poetic narrative style.
The film was part of the Official Selection – Feature Films at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and celebrated its world premiere at the Festival de Cannes in the Family Screening category. (Corinna Haag)
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Duration 89'
Country FR, 2025