38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Bonsoir Monsieur Chu

François Leroy, Stéphanie Lansaque

Image Bonsoir Monsieur Chu
France
2005 Fiction 15 min
One day Hai, a little boy who lives with his mother and his grandparents, catches a bird. Long, a bicycle rickshaw driver and a family friend, drives a carp through the streets of Saigon and the Mekong rice paddies for the mysterious Mr Chu. Throughout Vietnam everyone is getting ready to celebrate Trung N'Guyen, the feast of the wandering souls, to honour the souls of the forgotten dead...
Screenplay : François Leroy, Stéphanie Lansaque
Animation : François Leroy, Stéphanie Lansaque
Sound : Denis Vautrin
Editing : François Leroy, Stéphanie Lansaque
Production : Je suis bien content, Perrine Capron // 35 rue Faubourg Poissonnière, 75009 Paris, France // Tél : +33 1 42 46 35 35 / Fax : +33 1 42 46 12 05 // Email :perrine@jesuisbiencontent.com
Appliqués Duperré before working in the press, publishing and then animation. François Leroy was trained as an animation artist at Les Gobelins, l'Ecole de l'Image à Paris. Bonsoir Monsieur Chu is their first film.