38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Un conte peut en cacher un autre

Jakob Schuh, Bin-Han To, Jan Lachauer

Image Un conte peut en cacher un autre
© Les films du préau
United Kingdom
2016 Animation 1h00
Imagine that Little Red Riding Hood and Show white were old friends in a partnership to get rid of ever-hungry predators or a murderous stepmother. And what would Jack (of beanstalk fame) do if he had Cinderella a his lovely girl next-door? A charming wolf tells us the tale …
With : Philippe Résimont, Sophie Frison, Nancy Philippot, Thibaut Delmotte, Claire Tefnin, Antoni Lo Presti, Michel Hinderijkx, Noah Lecot 
Screenplay : Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer
Image : Alexandra Corréa
Sound : Adrian Rhodes
Editing : Benjamin Quabeck
Music : Ben Locket
Production : Magic Light Pictures
Distribution: Les Films du Préau
Based on Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes by where Dahl humorously re-interprets and subverts 6 traditional fairy tales. The book was published in 1982, and Martin Pope later bought the adaptation rights for his company Magic Light Pictures (which also produced The Gruffalo). But how do you go about adapting a work like this with stories that are not all the same length and that don't have the same tone? “Everything started with the book cover. There is this wonderful illustration by Quentin Blake where a wolf is reading a story to two young children. He's holding a copy of Revolting Rhymes and illustrations of each of the stories are hanging on the wall in the background …”. (Martin Pope)