Les Films Pelléas

The Girl without Hands

In hard times, a miller sells his daughter to the Devil. Protected by her purity, she escapes but is deprived of her hands. Walking away from her family, she encounters the goddess of water, a gentle gardener and the prince in his castle. A long journey towards the light...

Release date14 décembre 2016Duration 1h13CastAnaïs Demoustier, Jérémie Elkaïm, Philippe Laudenbach, Sacha Bourdo, Olivier Broche

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Nomination & Awards

ACID Cannes - Feature film Selection

Les César du Cinéma Français - Best Animated Film Selection

Annecy International Animation Film Festival - Jury's mention

Lumières of Foreign Press - Best Animated Film Selection

Melbourne International Film Festival - MIFF Schools Selection

Vienna French Film Festival - Feature film Selection

Tübingen Stuttgart International French Film Festival - Les Bijoux de l'Institut Français Selection

Seattle International Film Festival - Contemporary World Cinema Selection

Buenos Aires International Independant Film Festival - Cinema of the Future Selection

Panorama of French Cinema in China - Feature film Selection

Rendez-vous du cinéma français in Paris - Press junket Selection

Festa do Cinema Francês - Official selection

São Paulo International Film Festival - International Official selection

Hamburg International Film Festival - Official selection

Göteborg International Film Festival - French films Selection

Credits

cast list
the girl
Anaïs Demoustier
the Prince
Jérémie Elkaïm
the devil
Philippe Laudenbach
the gardener
Sacha Bourdo
the father
Olivier Broche
the mother
Françoise Lebrun
the goddess
Elina Löwensohn
technical list
Inspired by
Olivier Py
and freely adapted from
the Grimm brothers' fairy tale "The girl without hands"
Original music
Olivier Mellano
Editing
Santi Minasi
Sébastien Laudenbach
Compositing Managers
Sébastien Laudenbach
Clorinde Baldassari
Compositing operators
Julie Lespingal
Héloïse Ferlay
Calibration
Arnaud Viémont
Sound Editing
Julien Ngo Trong
Music sound engineer and post-synchronisation
Nicolas Sacco
Foley
Romain Anklewicz
Mixing
Xavier Marsais
partners
Production
Les Films Sauvages
Jean-Christophe Soulageon
Les Films Pelléas
David Thion
Philippe Martin
With the support of
CNC
Fonds d'aide à l'innovation
ECLA - Aquitaine region and Île-de-France region
With the collaboration of
Adequat
Ubba
Media Solution
La Fourmilière
Caverne Studio
N. Studios
Sledge
NRA
L3 Conseils
Distribution
Shellac