L’Enclume was brought on board for this magnificent project during its final production stage, following the line art animation and the creation of the watercolour backgrounds.

Our challenge was to colour and integrate the characters whilst preserving the richness of the handcrafted backgrounds: the paper textures, water effects, pigments, materials and irregularities characteristic of watercolour.

Following extensive colourisation work, the compositing team fine-tuned each shot with precision—colours, shadows, lighting and textures—to recreate the illusion of a watercolour painted directly onto paper. Meticulous work in the service of a film whose visual and emotional power has now been celebrated as far afield as Cannes.‍

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Synopsis:

In rural France, Christophe (10) tries to live up to his rigid and distant father on the family farm. But the young boy starts to lean over and collapse without warning — on the tractor, at school, at dinner...

A doctor finds the solution: Christophe must wear an iron corset to keep himself upright. Forced to reinvent his life away from the farm, Christophe discovers a new passion for music, meets a new friend, and follows her into his first mischief.

But will any of this really fix what is out of balance?