Louise en hiver
Jean-François Laguionie
France/Canada | 2016 | 75′ | Italian dubbing
At the end of the summer, the last train of the season leaves the seaside resort of Biligen, leaving behind Louise, a sweet old lady. The town is now deserted and Louise finds herself completely alone, except for her dog Pepe. In an increasingly surreal context, Louise relives her childhood and the most significant moments of her life (moving to her grandmother during the Second World War, her first loves, etc.), rereading them with new eyes.
Director: Jean-François Laguionie
Script: Jean-François Laguionie
Music: Pierre Kellner, Pascal Le Pennec
Animation: Johanna Bessière
Editing: Kara Blake
Art director: Lionel Chauvin
Productors: JPL Films, Unité Centrale, Tchack, Arte France Cinéma
Jean-François Laguionie
Jean-Francois Laguionie is a French screenwriter, director, producer and animator.
Since he was a boy, Laguionie has been passionate about shadow theater, scenography and cinema. A student of Paul Grimalt, he made his first three animated shorts thanks to the famous French director and animator: “La demoiselle et le violoncelliste” (1965), Grand Prix at the Annecy Festival; “L’arche de Noé” (1967); “Une bombe par hasard…” (1969). In 1978, he participated in competition at the Cannes Film Festival with the animated short “La Traversée de l’Atlantique à la rame”. The film was awarded the Palme d’Or for best short and, in 1979, received a César.
Laguionie’s first animated feature film was “De l’autre côté de l’image” (1984).
In 1985, Laguionie founded his own studio and production company, La Fabrique. In the same year, Laguionie wrote and directed the film “Gwen, le livre de sable”, which won the French critics’ prize at the 1985 Annecy Film Festival.
Other internationally successful films followed: “La tela animata” (2011) and “Les seasons de Louise” (2016).
He also worked for television and, in 1996, Laguionie co-directed the animated TV series “Billy the Cat” (1996-2001).
In 2019, the director presented the animated film “Le voyage du prince” in Annecy and was awarded the Cristal d’Honeur for his career.
In 2024 he presented his latest work “A boat in the garden (Slocum et moi)” in Cannes and Annecy, a film that was presented, for the first time in Italy, at the Imaginaria festival in Conversano in the presence of the director who received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
