2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Sylvain Chomet’s Attila Marcel

#71. Sylvain Chomet’s Attila Marcel

Gist: Chomet leaves behind animation for his first live action film, a musical comedy. A young boy sees his parents dies at two years of age and the trauma causes amnesia and renders him unable to speak. Raised by two aunts who wish to turn him into a pianist, he suddenly finds himself in his mid 30’s, still with a life unrealized. Until he meets a mysterious woman who has an herbal medicine that, with the aid of music, can help him explore those old forgotten memories.

Prediction: While Chomet’s much revered first film, 2003’s The Triplets of Belleville, played out of competition, we’re thinking his live action film will follow a similar course, or perhaps nab a special screening. It does feature up and coming actor Guillaume Goix, who received attention for Beyond the Walls and a Cesar nod for Jimmy Riviere, as well as the very busy Anne Ly Ny.