Two months right following the death of Jean-Jacques Sempé, what better way to pay homage to him than to go see Le Petit Nicolas – What are we waiting for to be happy? An animated film, which mixes the documentary story of the creation of the character and sketches from the adventures of the young schoolboy, whose most beautiful quality is undoubtedly to pay homage to the trait of Sempé. A line that is all the more difficult to animate as it is open, delicate and light. The bet is however successful for the two directors, Amandine Fredon, pillar of Folimage where she has staged excellent series (Ariol, You will die less stupid, etc.), and Benjamin Massoubre, star of the editing benches of the cream animated feature films (The Summit of the Gods, I lost my body, At the top of the world…). Before the interview, an exclusive extract for “Animate each other” of 4 minutes! [sc name=”iframe” src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/o1uPl9dUuyo” width=”700″ height=”394″ ] What is the genesis of your film?Benjamin Massoubre : Originally, it had to be a question of realizing …
