Coordinates | 41°52′55″N87°37′40″N |
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name | Renaissance |
director | Christian Volckman |
producer | Roch LenerAton SoumacheAlexis Vonarb |
screenplay | Mathieu DelaporteAlexandre de la PatellièrPatrick RaynalJean-Bernard Pouy |
music | Nicholas Dodd |
distributor | Pathé (France)Miramax Films (USA) |
released | |
runtime | 105 minutes |
country | France |
language | French |
budget | €14 million |
gross | $1,831,348 (worldwide) }} |
Renaissance is a 2006 French black-and-white animated science fiction film by French director Christian Volckman. It was co-produced in France, United Kingdom and Luxembourg and released on 15 March 2006 in France and 28 July 2006 in the UK by Miramax Films. Renaissance features a rare visual style in which almost all images are exclusively black and white, with only occasional colour used for detail.
Jonas Muller had been working to cure progeria, which his brother was suffering from. Muller worked for Avalon as their top scientist but left after he failed to cure his brother. He took up new work at a free clinic. After Karas probes Jonas he finds that "No one ever leaves Avalon", throwing the corporation under suspicion. Karas leaves to visit one of Avalon's CEOs and questions him about Ilona's disappearance, suggesting that he may have been sleeping with her, to which the CEO replies "I sleep with my wife, I sleep with my secretary, I even sleep with my sister-in-law but I would never sleep with one of my researchers".
After following a series of dead leads, Karas finds Illona's car travelling on the road. He captures the driver, one of the CEO's bodyguards, and turns him over to Farfallah, an Islamic mobster. In return, Karas receives footage of Illona's car initially being stolen by an incredibly old man. Karas turns to Ilona's sister, Bislane. He asks her to break into the Avalon archives as she is currently employed there, and Bislane discovers that a Dr. Nakata worked with Muller and that their quest to find a cure failed when some of the children they were testing on started to mutate, causing them to destroy all evidence of their work.
Once they escape from Avalon security, Karas opens up to Bislane and tells her that he and Fafallah were raised on the streets and seemed to work with gangs. After a mission went wrong they ended up in a prison cell with Farfallah escaping leaving Karas to the mercy of the other gang members. Karas then puts Bislane under false arrest to protect her from Avalon. As this occurs, Ilona is shown confined in a cyber ball, with the old man controlling what she sees.
Dr. Muller tells Karas that Ilona found the secret to eternal life and he couldn't let Avalon have it, revealing why he kidnapped her. Muller then shoots himself to escape Avalon. It is revealed that the old man is Jonas's younger brother, trapped in an old man's body. Karas is eventually shot after he rescues Ilona; when he wakes up it is clear that she has gone mad and refuses to take the fake passport to start a new life, wanting to live forever. Karas is then forced to shoot her with the CEO watching on CCTV cameras.
As Karas is mortally injured from his gunshot wound, he imagines himself apologizing to Bislane for killing her sister, for which she forgives him. It then cuts to Jonas's little brother now living as a tramp, throwing his picture of him and his brother together in a burning bin. The last scene shows an advert for Avalon with an old woman becoming young again saying, "With Avalon, I know I'm beautiful and I'm going to stay that way."
The producers used motion capture and computer graphics to create the film's unique look. The cast performed their scenes in motion-capture suits in front of a blue screen. Computer animators translated these animations to digital models used for the characters. The animated characters were placed in three-dimensional computer backdrops, with post-process effects added to achieve the film's final look.
French automaker Citroën designed a car specially for the film, imagining what a Citroën might look like in 2054. Volckman initially wanted Karas to drive a Citroën DS and approached the company for permission to use it in the film. Citroën suggested the filmmakers work with their designers to design a new car. The final design was produced after three months.
The film cost €14 million to make over six years. It was funded by Disney with US$3 million provided from Miramax.
;Interviews Interview with director Christian Volkman Christian Volkman at Dark Horizons Interview with visual concept artist Marc Miance of Attitude Studios
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