A TOWN CALLED PANIC
Title: A TOWN CALLED PANIC
Original title: PANIQUE AU VILLAGE
Section: New Currents - Feature
Director: Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier
Cast list: Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier, Bruce Ellison, Benoit Poelvoorde, Jeanne Balibar, Véronique Dumont, Frédéric Jannin
Credits:
screenplay: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Guillaume Malandrin, Vincent Tavier; director of photography: Jan Vandenbussche; editor: Anne-Laure Guegan; sound: Fabien Pochet; producer: Philippe Kauffmann, Vincent Tavier; production: La Parti Productions, Beast Production, Gébéka Films, Made in Productions, Mélusine;
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Year: 2009
Running time: 75
Colour: Colour
Format: 35 mm
Animated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian and Horse have problems, too. Cowboy and Indian's plan to surprise Horse with a homemade birthday gift backfires when they destroy his house instead. Surreal adventures take over as the trio travel to the center of the earth, trek across frozen tundra and discover a parallel underwater universe where pointy-headed (and dishonest!) creatures live. Each speedy character is voiced -- and animated -- as if their very air contains both amphetamines and laughing gas. With panic a permanent feature of life in this papier mâché town, will Horse and his girlfriend ever be alone?
