Le Jour des corneilles
Sunday, December 21 at 8.30 PM ET on TV5MONDE.
Courge lives alone in the heart of the forest with his father, an oppressive giant. The boy grows up ignorant of human society with the ghosts that haunt the forest as his only companions. One day he is forced to venture to the nearest village, where he meets Manon...
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Directed by: Jean-Christophe Dessaint (France/Luxembourg/Canada/Belgium, 2011)
Voices: Jean Reno (Courge's father), Lorànt Deutsch (Courge), Isabelle Carré (Manon), Claude Chabrol (the doctor), Chantal Neuwirth (Ms Ronce)
Genre: animation
Running time: 95'
Subtitles: English