Skip to Content
Poster for Deaf Crocodile, Animated: Gwen and the Book of Sand & The Bubble Bath

Deaf Crocodile, Animated: Gwen and the Book of Sand & The Bubble Bath

Opens on May 1

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.

Director: György Kovásznai, Jean-François Laguionie Run Time: 146 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1985 Language: French

Starring: Armand Babel, Lorella Di Cicco, Michel Robin, Raymond Jourdan, Saïd Amadis

Celebrate the boutique label Deaf Crocodile’s fifth anniversary with two animated marvels from their library! Gwen and The Book of Sand (1985):  “Why search the sand for answers? It has told us everything,” whispers Roseline, the 173-year-old desert nomad narrator of Jean-François Laguionie’s unforgettable animated tale of life after the apocalypse, where hardy few survivors walk on stilts from well to well, scorpions glow like lanterns, and the mysterious Makou drops giant everyday objects–forks, eyeglasses, bathtubs–from the skies. In this surreal and Dune-esque post-post-modern landscape, our teen heroine Gwen refuses to stay silent and hide in the shadows. The Bubble Bath (1980): Touching on a wide range of styles from 1920s Art Deco to 1960s Psychedelia and 1970s Roxy Music-style decadence, György Kovásznai’s film is a hypercolored yet relatable Eastern European avant-garde opera about dating problems. This irresistible experience charts the romance between medical student Anikó (a more curvaceous post-modern Betty Boop) and shop window decorator / stoned hippie alleycat Zsolt: both unsure of their attraction to each other, the choices they’ve made, and what life has in store for them.

 

Poster for Deaf Crocodile, Animated: Gwen and the Book of Sand & The Bubble Bath

Deaf Crocodile, Animated: Gwen and the Book of Sand & The Bubble Bath

Opens on May 1

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.

Run Time: 146 min.

Celebrate the boutique label Deaf Crocodile’s 5th anniversary with two animated marvels from their library!


GWEN AND THE BOOK OF SAND

Jean-François Laguionie, France, 1985

“Every bit as remarkable as FANTASTIC PLANET.” —Sight & Sound

“Why search the sand for answers? It has told us everything,” whispers Roseline, the 173-year old desert nomad narrator of Jean-François Laguionie’s unforgettable animated tale of life after the apocalypse, where hardy few survivors walk on stilts from well to well, scorpions glow like lanterns and the mysterious Makou drops giant everyday objects – forks, eyeglasses, bathtubs – from the skies. In this surreal and DUNE-esque post–post-modern landscape, our teen heroine Gwen refuses to stay silent and hide in the shadows. GWEN’s look is sublime, painted in remarkable gouache images. This is on par with Laloux’s FANTASTIC PLANET, Mamoru Oshii’s ANGEL’S EGG or any number of Miyazaki’s works as a visually stunning, otherworldly experience.

BUBBLE BATH

György Kovásznai, Hungary, 1980

“Like Van Gogh, Fleischer Studios, Robert Crumb, YELLOW SUBMARINE and the abstract-thought section of Pixar’s INSIDE OUT smooshed into a great lysergic cake.” – The Guardian

A superlative animated musical discovery! Touching on a wide range of styles from 1920s Art Deco to 1960s Psychedelia and 1970s Roxy Music-style decadence, BUBBLE BATH is a hypercolored yet relatable Eastern European avant-garde opera about dating problems. This irresistible experience charts the romance between medical student Anikó (a more curvaceous post-modern Betty Boop) and shop window decorator / stoned hippie alleycat Zsolt: both unsure of their attraction to each other, the choices they’ve made and what life has in store for them.

powered by Filmbot