French Roast: A Big Mystery’s Brewing in the Fancy Parisian Café
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“French Roast” is a subtle, gently humorous animated short film directed by the French filmmaker Fabrice O. Joubert. The delightful film has been deservedly well received at film festivals around the world, culminating in receiving the Best of Show Prize at the annual Siggraph 2009. “French Roast” was named last week to the short-list in the Animated Short Films category for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.
The film is set entirely inside a small Parisian café, where a rather aloof cigar-smoking gentlemen is about to pay the check when he suddenly discovers that his wallet has disappeared. From then on, the film farcically reveals the gradual evaporation of the gentleman's unfriendly pomposity. Attempting to stall for time, he decides to order some more coffee. Very many cups of coffee later, as his bill quickly mounts up, he’s still rooted to the same spot in mortification, when a little old lady sitting next to him appears to have ample cash to donate to a wild looking vagrant. Her bag is stuffed full of banknotes and looks quite inviting, but events quickly take a turn for the worse when the police arrive.
This piece presents a number of wonderful color illustrations from the film, a slide show and the full version of this very witty, highly accomplished animated short film.
Please visit my website to view the delightful illustrations and slide show, and to watch the full version of this acclaimed, witty animated short:
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/french-roast-a-big-mysterys-brewing-...
The film is set entirely inside a small Parisian café, where a rather aloof cigar-smoking gentlemen is about to pay the check when he suddenly discovers that his wallet has disappeared. From then on, the film farcically reveals the gradual evaporation of the gentleman's unfriendly pomposity. Attempting to stall for time, he decides to order some more coffee. Very many cups of coffee later, as his bill quickly mounts up, he’s still rooted to the same spot in mortification, when a little old lady sitting next to him appears to have ample cash to donate to a wild looking vagrant. Her bag is stuffed full of banknotes and looks quite inviting, but events quickly take a turn for the worse when the police arrive.
This piece presents a number of wonderful color illustrations from the film, a slide show and the full version of this very witty, highly accomplished animated short film.
Please visit my website to view the delightful illustrations and slide show, and to watch the full version of this acclaimed, witty animated short:
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/french-roast-a-big-mysterys-brewing-...
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