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April and the Extraordinary World

April and the Extraordinary World

Thriller · Adventure · Animation · 2015

It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

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April and the Extraordinary World

2015 Thriller · Adventure · Animation 1h 46m

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7.1 / 10

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It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

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Directed by

Christian Desmares · Franck Ekinci

Written by

Benjamin Legrand · Franck Ekinci

Marion Cotillard

Marion Cotillard

Avril (voice)

Philippe Katerine

Philippe Katerine

Darwin (voice)

Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort

Pops (voice)

Olivier Gourmet

Olivier Gourmet

Paul (voice)

Marc-André Grondin

Marc-André Grondin

Julius (voice)

Bouli Lanners

Bouli Lanners

Pizoni (voice)

Anne Coesens

Anne Coesens

Chimène (voice)

Court is in session

Put April and the Extraordinary World on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.