Louise by the Shore

Since the early 1990s, Brittany, and particularly the Rennes region, has made a name for itself in the world of animation, both in short films and for television. In 2016, a feature film, conceived in Brittany (80% of it was made here), confirms this. It is the new opus of a master of French animation, Jean-François Laguionie, who has already won a Palme d’or and a César for a short film and made a name for himself with bold and poetic feature films such as “The Castle of the Monkeys”. “Louise en hiver”, his new project produced by JPL Films, in Rennes received funding from the Breizh Film Fund and the Brittany Region for the film’s production. It was bought by Arte and Canal +. Jean-François Laguionie relates the story of an old woman, interpreted by Dominique Frot, forced to spend the winter at a deserted seaside resort, with only her memories, dreams and a stray dog for company… The film was made in 2015 in 2D animated painting, mainly in the JPL Films studios in Rennes and Tréguier, Laguionie’s home town.

Synposis

End of summer. An old lady watches as the last train of the season leaves the small seaside town of Biligen without her. The town is left deserted. With the rapidly deteriorating weather and the king tides she is left without electricity and any means of communication. Fragile and prim, not half as tough as Robinson Crusoe, Louise may not survive the winter.