France, Oct. 19 -- French playwright and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol's prolific career is brought to life in the animated biopic A Magnificent Life. Hand drawn by director Sylvain Chomet, the film shows how embracing technology can be the key to telling a story.
Released in French cinemas on Wednesday, Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol (A Magnificent Life) is the joyful tale of a French icon and his towering contribution to the arts. It was directed by Sylvain Chomet, the French animation artist behind international hits includingThe Triplets of Belleville and The Illusionist.
Aton Soumache, one of the film's producers, called it"a tribute to creativity and to cinema" and insists it doesn't matter whether audience were already familiar with Pagnol's ...