Rowing Across the Atlantic

Rowing Across the Atlantic (French: La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame) is a 1978 French animated short film directed by Jean-François Laguionie. The film was scripted by Laguionie and Jean-Paul Gaspari and features the voices of Charlotte Maury and Jean-Pierre Sentier. It premiered at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival and was released in French cinemas on 25 October 1978.[1]

Rowing Across the Atlantic
Directed byJean-François Laguionie
Written byJean-François Laguionie
Jean-Pierre Gaspari
Produced byJean-François Laguionie
StarringCharlotte Maury
Jean-Pierre Sentier
Edited byClaude Reznik
Music byPierre Alrand
Release date
May 1978
Running time
21 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Summary

It tells the story of a couple who leave turn-of-the-century New York City in a rowing boat and spend their lives together forever in the Atlantic Ocean.[2]

Accolades

The film won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival, the Grand Prize at the 1978 Ottawa International Animation Festival and the César Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 4th César Awards.[3][4][5]

See also

References
  1. "La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame". Cinémathèque Française (in French). Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  2. MUBI
  3. "Récompenses et nominations pour le court-métrage La Traversee de l'Atlantique a la rame". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  4. "La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame (Rowing across the Atlantic)". Ottawa International Animation Festival. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  5. LA TRAVERSÉE DE L’ATLANTIQUE À LA RAME de Jean-François Laguionie, César 1979 Meilleur Court-Métrage d’Animation on Vimeo
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