Alain Guellaff

A former music program producer for France 3, Alain Guellaff is a writer-director of short films, a documentary filmmaker specializing in the Sea and its People, and the author of several books on the same theme. He has sought to go even further in embodying the maritime universe by personifying its elements : the sea, wind and ice. Drawn to their magic, Alain Guellaff uses them as a solid part of fiction.

Le Mousse de la Lune

Sélection Annuelle 2010

Driven by poverty, 13 years old Mino, tries to board one of the steamships heading for the fishing banks. Only the captain of an old three-masted ship accepts him. Mino discovers the harsh life of a cabin boy, and the wonders of sailing. But the fishing yields nothing—the steamships have taken everything. The three-master sails further north, to the land of wind ruled by Septentrion, the guardian of Life and Death, who is angry with mankind…

The Moon’s Cabin Boy is an animated film.