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La Symphonie du hanneton
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La Symphonie du hanneton

1998-01-01 · 75 min · Not rated

Comedy · Music

It starts in one room: a young man in pajamas lies down and sleeps. He agitates, turns, returns. He is recovering, sits on his bed and a cloud of smoke is coming from his skull, he loses an arm, a leg. He enters a fantasy world where all objects come to life. The swallowed pillow passes his door, a reflection of the mirror emancipates, the portrait of the table rebels and sings his dismay. Dishes and utensils are transformed into a fabulous bestiary where dragon and rhinos are fighting. Gags in cascade, anachronistic nose-feet in acrobatics, juggling on the trapeze, dancing lyric songs, James Thiérrée puts the reality upside down and takes us into a surreal and dreamlike symphony played by interpreters to staggering energy.

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Directors
Patrick Czaplinski
Production companies
Association française d'action artisitque, la compagnie du hanneton, l'Espace des arts de chalon-sur-Saône, La Ferme du buisson, DREAC Bourgogne
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

James ThierréeJames ThierréeLe dormeur
Raphaëlle BoitelRaphaëlle BoitelL'araignée
Magnus JakobssonLe reflet
Uma YsamatLa chanteuse

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