THE SONGBIRDS’ SECRET 

THE SONGBIRDS’ SECRET

Extraordinary stop-moti­on ani­ma­ti­on about the search for iden­ti­ty, fami­ly secrets and friendship
When nine-year-old Lucie and her mother Caroline move to the vil­la­ge of Bectoile she has no idea what adven­tures await her. Caroline leads an archaeo­lo­gi­cal excava­ti­on the­re and at the same time returns to the place of her child­hood. Lucie soon dis­co­vers a long-kept fami­ly secret. Together with her new fri­end Yann, she embarks on a search for clues through Blue Tit Valley. Antoine Lanciaux’ film cap­ti­va­tes with its loving aes­the­tics: Artfully ani­ma­ted cut-out figu­res using stop-moti­on tech­ni­ques and a playful coun­try life are remi­nis­cent of a pop-up pic­tu­re book. Quirky ani­mals, warm-hear­ted cha­rac­ters and a humo­rous and ten­der sto­ry make the film an expe­ri­ence for the who­le fami­ly. (SAC)