April and the Extraordinary World

The adventures of the family of scientists.

As a film fanatic who grew up watching lots of 2D animations, I'm very happy to see they're still alive in other parts of the world after Hollywood abandoned them for 3D animations. Especially when it comes to this kind of animation, obviously the France produced some extraordinary films in the recent years such as 'Ernest & Celestine', 'A Cat in Paris', 'Zarafa' et cetera. This is an internationally produced film in the French language, but available in the English language too, which was based on the graphic novel by the French cartoonist Jacque Tardi.

This is the story of a young girl Avril that takes place in the 1940s, Paris. But it all begins many decades earlier that reveals how a f...

In reality, it maybe slap bang in the middle of WWII, but this version of Paris is stuck in a time loop - an industrial city where progress has been stifled, the Empire still rules and over the last half century the brains that have provided for so much of their technology have been steadily disappearing. No phones, no radio, electricity. Where have all the boffins being going? Is France destined to remain under the power of steam forever? Well, fortunately, two of the missing scientists have an inquisitive daughter "Avril", and alongside her chatterbox cat "Darwin", her grandad "Pops" and the rather untrustworthy "Julius" set off on a quest to find the truth. Along the way they face many perils as it becomes clear that there is a grand con...