Raymonde is really fed up with peas, aphids, dirty panties and her kitchen garden to dig. After all, she would prefer sex, and love, and the immensity of the sky...

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Raymonde or the Vertical Escape
Directed by Sarah Van Den Boom
https://www.papy3d.com/html/en/films/...

"After playing to film festival crowds worldwide through 2018 and 2019, Sarah Van Den Boom’s hugely impressive stop-motion short Raymonde ou l’évasion verticale (Raymonde or the Vertical Escape) arrived online earlier in 2020, for internet audiences to share in its wonder. A technically impressive piece filled with relatable anthropomorphised animal characters, brought to life via detailed puppets, this is a story that shows it is never too late to change your life and live differently.

Opening with peaceful tracking shots of landscapes silhouetted by the freshly risen sun, Raymonde or the Vertical Escape’s calming beginning is soon punctured by the cries of a fleeing postman (or in this case postdog) as he runs from the titular Raymonde’s home. The reasons for his escape only becomes clear later, as we learn more about the 60yr-old Owl-woman at the centre Van Den Boom’s short, and her lonely existence.

Describing her film as one about “desire in the broad sense”, Van Den Boom explains (in the film’s press kit) that her character is searching for “a form of transcendence that would make her see the world from above and taste a kind of passion to which all her soul aspires”. Essentially a tale of self-discovery, Raymonde is looking back at her life and wondering if she made the right choices – as her impulses are telling her something quite different.

Over the film’s 17-minute duration, Van Den Boom immerses you in Raymonde’s world – both the physical one in which she exists and the confused headspace where her thoughts dwell. It’s a sombre, melancholy viewing experience, tinged with humour, but like many solemn storylines it ends with a positive note. A ray of hope breaking through the thick clouds of despair.' - S/W Curator Rob Munday

SCENARIO AND DIALOGS : Sarah Van Den Boom
TRANSLATIONS : Camille Pesquer
ART DIRECTION : Sarah Van Den Boom
CAMERA AND LIGHTS : Simon Filliot
CAMERA ASSISTANT : Quentin Lemouland
EDITION : Sarah Van Den Boom, Annie Jean
VOICES : Yolande Moreau, Jade Van den Boom, Richard Van den Boom, Valentine Van den Boom
VOICE RECORDER : Guillaume Bessonat
SETS MANAGER : Jean-Marc Ogier
SETS : Hugues Brière, Fabienne Collet, Martine Guérin, Marion Le Guillou, Sarah Van den Boom
SETS INTERNS : Elina Barbeau, Constance David, Jade Van Den Boom, Valentine Van Den Boom, Kristina Vorobyeva
SET PREPARATION : Fabienne Collet
PUPPETS : David Roussel, Anna Deschamps, Sarah Van den Boom
PUPPETS INTERN : Kristina Vorobyeva
COSTUMES : Jade Van Den Boom, Sarah Van den Boom
STOPMOTION ANIMATION : Benjamin Botella, Gilles Coirier, Marion Le Guillou, Souad Wedell
2D ANIMATION : Gilles Cuvelier, Thomas Machart
COMPOSITING : Gilles Cuvelier, Rodolphe Dubreuil, Thomas Machart, Matthieu Millot
COLOUR GRADING : Marie Gascoin
MUSIC : Pierre Caillet
MUSIC RECORDING AND MIX : Thomas Vingtrinier
MUSICIANS : Eric Lacrouts (violin 1), Ludovic Balla (violin 2), , Cécile Grassi (viola), Cyrille Lacrouts (cello), Franck Sibold (bassoon), Yohan Couix (flute)
SOUND DESIGN : Yan Volsy
FOLEY : Daniel Gries
INGÉNIEUR DU SON BRUITAGES : Matthieu Langlet
MIX : Sébastien Cabour
RECORDER FRESNOY : Martin Delzescaux
PRODUCERS PAPY3D : Richard Van Den Boom, Sarah Van Den Boom
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT PAPY3D : Alice Mallaroni
PRODUCERS JPL FILMS : Jean-François Bigot, Camille Raulo
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT JPL FILMS : Marie Cousin
PRODUCTION INTERN JPL FILMS : Morgane Le Nan
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTING JPL FILMS : Cécilia Bouteloup, Isabelle Geffroy
STUDIO ANIMATION VOLUME : JPL Films
STUDIO ANIMATION 2D : Train-Train
VOICE RECORDING STUDIO : Lylo
MUSIC RECORDING STUDIO : Sequenza
FOLEY RECORDING STUDIO : Yellow Cab
SOUND MIX STUDIO : Le Fresnoy
IMAGE POST-PRODUCTION STUDIO : Digital Cut
SUPPORTED BY : le CNC, la Région Bretagne, Pictanovo - région Hauts de France, France 3, la Procirep et l'Angoa, la Maison du Film Court et la Sacem

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