It's ironic that I could not find a detailed history of France's animation industry. So instead of making the usual timeline, I'm just going to write about French movies I've seen.
1998 Kirikou et la Sorcière (Kirkou and the Sorcerer)-directed by Michel Ocelot. This one I saw in my French class. That class was actually pretty intense, at least for me. So I was really glad my teacher gave us a break and showed us this film. The story takes place in West Africa, where a young boy named Kirikou rescues his village from the evil sorceress Karaba. Some parts were random and peculiar, but I loved it overall. It's lush with colors and stylized drawings got me hooked, and the story is so surreal, a visual folk-tale.

This Oscar Nominee caught my eye the moment I saw the commercial. I was attracted to the brownish tinge in the colors, it gives the environment an eerie antique feeling. I thought it was interesting how all the characters are heavily caricaturized, though I did think it too grossly exaggerated.

2007 Même les Pigeons vont au Paradis (Even Pidgeons Go to Heaven)- this Oscar nominated short, directed by Samuel Tourneux, is about a priest who tricks a miser to pay up all his money to get a glimpse of heaven. The miser, however, does not know that this heaven is fake. I thought this film portrayed the well known French skepticism----that everyone is just plain corrupt and we're all suckers in the end.

Well, that's all the ones I saw, au revoir!
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