"Petit ampire" by Joann Sfar -

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  • After “Le Chat du Rabbin,” Joann Sfar transforms “Little Vampire” into an animated feature film.

  • His hero friends with a little human while trying to escape a villain made cruel by a romantic disappointment.

  • Joann Sfar delivers a fantastic children's film that thrills just the right amount.

What is all pale with a round face, big ears, and sharp teeth?

Le

Petit Vampire

by Joann Sfar, inspired by his comic strip published by Delcourt and film selected at the last Annecy Festival.

"Little Vampire, it's me," Joann Sfar confides to

20 Minutes

, a kid overprotected by his relatives but who is dying to go out to see the world around his castle.

After the films of Tim Burton and those of Genndy Tartakovsky (

Hotel Transylvania

then

The Addams Family

), does the French artist not arrive a little after the battle with his horrific universe for children?

“Not at all”, defends himself the godfather of My first Festival which begins Wednesday.

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Little Vampire grapples with current issues

“Monsters for fun have become folklore,” Joann Sfar analyzes.

I try to escape this by giving my heroes complex issues.

We think in particular of the wicked Gibbous to whom Jean-Paul Rouve lends his voice.

"It offers a reflection on the very current theme of consent," says the director.

He is someone who spoils everyone's life out of loving spite.

»Through a meeting with a human buddy, Little Vampire learns that relationships between people should be based on reciprocity.

An idea that is never unnecessary to recall.

Little Vampire offers a child's vision of an adult world

Little Vampire is as unique and timeless as a child's dream.

“When I was a child, I dreamed of seeing horror movies but, since I was not allowed to, I had to content myself with looking at pictures in magazines like

Mad Movies,

 ” recalls Joann Sfar.

Little Vampire

offers a child's vision of a cinematic world for adults.

The monsters get together to watch horror movies that show them familiar creatures.

“I would like the children to have little chills during the screening, like when Michel sees the objects in his room metamorphose into Gibbous.

"

Little Vampire is a very simple character

The simplicity of the main character's line contrasts with the sophisticated decorations that Joann Sfar drew from the region of Nice where he was born.

“Little Vampire has Toto's head,” he jokes, “but I wanted people to believe the places he haunts.

The juvenile "bleeder" takes on new life thanks to animation.

“Unlike

the Rabbi's Cat

, it was impossible to take my line back as it is, it had to be adapted to make it move.

»Very beautiful action scenes allow the spectator to fly away with the Little Vampire who has such an endearing personality that we can only love him.

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