L'Île de Black Mor
Jean-François Laguionie
In 1803, on the Cornish coast, 15 year old Kid escapes from the orphanage where he lived the life of a hard-labour prisoner, his only possession being the map of a treasure island that fell from the book of Black Mor. With two wreck looters, MacGregor and Beanpole, Kid goes off in search of the famous island way across the Atlantic Ocean. But things don't happen like in pirate books...
With : Taric Mehani, Agathe Schumacher, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Jean-Francois Derec, Yanecko Romba, Frédéric Cerdal
Screenplay : Jean-François Laguionie, Anik Le Ray
Music : Christophe Héral
Editing : Pascal Pachard
Decors : Richard Mithouard, Jean Palenstjin
Screenplay : Jean-François Laguionie, Anik Le Ray
Music : Christophe Héral
Editing : Pascal Pachard
Decors : Richard Mithouard, Jean Palenstjin
Production : Gaspard de Chavagnac, Patrick Moine
Distribution: Gebeka Films
Distribution: Gebeka Films
Director Jean-François Laguionie firstly wrote the story of Black Mor's Island as a novel. A story which is the fruit of his childhood dreams, dreams of maritime adventures inspired by Joseph Conrad and Robert Louis Stevenson. The production of the project was strewn with problems. "I could not help comparing this project to a boat which never manages to get out to sea: the script was turned down by French broadcasters, there was no producer, the development budget was pared down to a minimum. In the meantime we continued to believe in the project, refining the dialogues, drawing the rocks and boats on the Irish and Cornish coasts, the faces in the Irish pubs... We still believe, sailors know what this means."