The Human Plant
| The Human Plant | |
|---|---|
| French | La Plante humaine |
| Directed by | Pierre Hébert |
| Written by | Pierre Hébert Anne Quesemand |
| Produced by | Yves Leduc Freddy Denaës |
| Starring | Michael Lonsdale Sotigui Kouyaté |
| Cinematography | Michael Cleary Michel Dubois Raymond Dumas Barry Wood |
| Edited by | Fernand Bélanger |
| Music by | Robert Marcel Lepage |
Production companies | Arcadia Films National Film Board of Canada |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The Human Plant (French: La Plante humaine) is a Canadian animated feature film, directed by Pierre Hébert and released in 1996.[1] The film stars Michael Lonsdale as Mr. Michel, a lonely and isolated widower who spends all his time at home watching television, but is driven to nightmare visions by the constant bombardment of negative and frightening information.[2]
The film was a coproduction of the National Film Board of Canada and commercial film studio Arcadia Films.[3] It grew out of an experimental stage animation project that Hébert undertook with composer Robert Marcel Lepage in the 1990s, in which Hébert would draw improvisational animations while Lepage performed a live score.[4]
Its voice cast also included Sotigui Kouyaté, Domini Blythe, Joseph Rouleau, Michelle Allen, Laurent Chabot, Marisa Corriols and Denis Karegeya.
The film premiered at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival.[5] It was subsequently screened at the Ottawa International Animation Festival[6] and at the Festival du nouveau cinéma.
Lepage received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Score at the 18th Genie Awards in 1997.[7] The film won the Prix AQCC-SODEC from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in 1997.[8]
References
- ^ Marcel Jean, Pierre Hébert, l'homme animé. Laval, Les 400 coups, 1996. p. 195.
- ^ Sonia Safarti, "La vie intérieure d'une plante humaine". La Presse, November 23, 1996.
- ^ Georges Privet, "Gravure d'ombres". Le Devoir, November 14, 1996.
- ^ Andrea Martignoni, "The Burgeoning of a Project: Pierre Hébert's La Plante humaine". Animation World Network, April 1997.
- ^ Kim Heinrich Gray, "Mehta film to launch Perspective Canada". The Globe and Mail, July 24, 1996.
- ^ Jay Stone, "Toon Town: Film-makers and cartoon fans will flock here next week for the city's best-kept secret: The Ottawa International Animation Festival". Ottawa Citizen, September 28, 1996.
- ^ "Sweet Hereafter leads the Genie award pack". The Province, November 5, 1997.
- ^ "La Plante Humaine wins best feature-film honors at Rendez-vous du Cinema Quebecois". Montreal Gazette, March 10, 1997.
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