PREVIEW: Around the World in 80 Days (U TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Damien Frette (film debut), Julien Crampon (Bowling), Kaycie Chase (Hello World!), Céline Ronté (I Lost My Body), Véronique Augereau (Steak), Emmanuel Garijo (Sammy’s Great Escape), Gabriel Le Doze (Omar Killed Me), Serge Biavan (We Were Young), Michaël Aragones (Leave Your Hands on My Hips), Grégory Quidel (Stranded)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Samuel Tourneux (film debut), director; Gerry Swallow (Black Knight), writer; Zoe Carrera (film debut), Cécile Lauritano (film debut) and David Michel (Totally Spies: The Movie), producers; Norbert Gilbert (film debut), composer; Benjamin Massoubre (I Lost My Body), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A bookish marmoset named Passepartout (Crampon) accepts an invitation by the reckless Phileas (Frette) to embark on a record-breaking 80-day journey across the world…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This cutesy animated take on the classic Jules Verne story should get younger audience members interested enough to read the timeless piece of literature, which is never a bad thing.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 20TH AUGUST 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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