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'''''The Human Plant''''' ({{lang-fr|La Plante humaine}}) is a Canadian animated feature film, directed by Pierre Hébert and released in 1996.<ref>Marcel Jean, ''Pierre Hébert, l'homme animé''. Laval, Les 400 coups, 1996. p. 195.</ref> The film stars [[Michael Lonsdale]] as Mr. Michel, a lonely and isolated widower who spends all his time at home watching television, but is driven to nightmare visions by the constant bombardment of negative and frightening information.<ref>Sonia Safarti, "La vie intérieure d'une plante humaine". ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', November 23, 1996.</ref> |
'''''The Human Plant''''' ({{lang-fr|La Plante humaine}}) is a Canadian animated feature film, directed by [[Pierre Hébert (animator)|Pierre Hébert]] and released in 1996.<ref>Marcel Jean, ''Pierre Hébert, l'homme animé''. Laval, Les 400 coups, 1996. p. 195.</ref> The film stars [[Michael Lonsdale]] as Mr. Michel, a lonely and isolated widower who spends all his time at home watching television, but is driven to nightmare visions by the constant bombardment of negative and frightening information.<ref>Sonia Safarti, "La vie intérieure d'une plante humaine". ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', November 23, 1996.</ref> |
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The film was a coproduction of the [[National Film Board of Canada]] and commercial film studio Arcadia Films.<ref>Georges Privet, "Gravure d'ombres". ''[[Le Devoir]], November 14, 1996.</ref> It grew out of an experimental stage animation project that Hébert undertook with composer [[Robert Marcel Lepage]] in the 1990s, in which Hébert would draw improvisational animations while Lepage performed a live score.<ref>Andrea Martignoni, [https://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.1/articles/martignoni.e2.1.html "The Burgeoning of a Project: Pierre Hébert's La Plante humaine"]. ''[[Animation World Network]]'', April 1997.</ref> |
The film was a coproduction of the [[National Film Board of Canada]] and commercial film studio Arcadia Films.<ref>Georges Privet, "Gravure d'ombres". ''[[Le Devoir]], November 14, 1996.</ref> It grew out of an experimental stage animation project that Hébert undertook with composer [[Robert Marcel Lepage]] in the 1990s, in which Hébert would draw improvisational animations while Lepage performed a live score.<ref>Andrea Martignoni, [https://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.1/articles/martignoni.e2.1.html "The Burgeoning of a Project: Pierre Hébert's La Plante humaine"]. ''[[Animation World Network]]'', April 1997.</ref> |
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The Human Plant | |
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French | La Plante humaine |
Directed by | Pierre Hébert |
Written by | Pierre Hébert Anne Quesemand |
Produced by | Yves Leduc Freddy Denaës |
Starring | Michael Lonsdale Sotigui Kouyaté |
Cinematography | Michael Cleary Michel Dubois Raymond Dumas Barry Wood |
Edited by | Fernand Bélanger |
Music by | Robert Marcel Lepage |
Production companies | Arcadia Films National Film Board of Canada |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The Human Plant (Template:Lang-fr) is a Canadian animated feature film, directed by Pierre Hébert and released in 1996.[1] The film stars Michael Lonsdale as Mr. Michel, a lonely and isolated widower who spends all his time at home watching television, but is driven to nightmare visions by the constant bombardment of negative and frightening information.[2]
The film was a coproduction of the National Film Board of Canada and commercial film studio Arcadia Films.[3] It grew out of an experimental stage animation project that Hébert undertook with composer Robert Marcel Lepage in the 1990s, in which Hébert would draw improvisational animations while Lepage performed a live score.[4]
Its voice cast also included Sotigui Kouyaté, Domini Blythe, Joseph Rouleau, Michelle Allen, Laurent Chabot, Marisa Corriols and Denis Karegeya.
The film premiered at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival.[5] It was subsequently screened at the Ottawa International Animation Festival[6] and at the Festival du nouveau cinéma.
Lepage received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Score at the 18th Genie Awards in 1997.[7] The film won the Prix AQCC-SODEC from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in 1997.[8]
References
- ^ Marcel Jean, Pierre Hébert, l'homme animé. Laval, Les 400 coups, 1996. p. 195.
- ^ Sonia Safarti, "La vie intérieure d'une plante humaine". La Presse, November 23, 1996.
- ^ Georges Privet, "Gravure d'ombres". Le Devoir, November 14, 1996.
- ^ Andrea Martignoni, "The Burgeoning of a Project: Pierre Hébert's La Plante humaine". Animation World Network, April 1997.
- ^ Kim Heinrich Gray, "Mehta film to launch Perspective Canada". The Globe and Mail, July 24, 1996.
- ^ Jay Stone, "Toon Town: Film-makers and cartoon fans will flock here next week for the city's best-kept secret: The Ottawa International Animation Festival". Ottawa Citizen, September 28, 1996.
- ^ "Sweet Hereafter leads the Genie award pack". The Province, November 5, 1997.
- ^ "La Plante Humaine wins best feature-film honors at Rendez-vous du Cinema Quebecois". Montreal Gazette, March 10, 1997.
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