The Day of the Crows

The Day of the Crows

90 mins | Animation | Oct. 23, 2012

In a cabin of the deep of the forest, a child and his father lead a wild and hard life in utmost isolation. The child grows up fearing and admiring his father, with the ghosts haunting the forest as his only companions. Until the day he discovers the neighbouring village and meets a young girl there, Manon. At her side, he discovers that love exists. From then on he won't cease to search for the place where his father's love for him is hiding.

The Day of the Crows

90 mins | Animation | Oct. 23, 2012

The Day of the Crows
In a cabin of the deep of the forest, a child and his father lead a wild and hard life in utmost isolation. The child grows up fearing and admiring his father, with the ghosts haunting the forest as his only companions. Until the day he discovers the neighbouring village and meets a young girl there, Manon. At her side, he discovers that love exists. From then on he won't cease to search for the place where his father's love for him is hiding.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Canal+, Angoa-Agicoa, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, PROCIREP, Téléfilm Canada, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Gébéka Films, Cofinova 6, Max Films, Walking The Dog, uFilm, Société Radio-Canada, SODEC, Cofinova 7, Ciné+, Finalement, Région Ile-de-France, Film Fund Luxembourg, Melusine Productions, Umedia, Région Poitou-Charentes, Département de la Charente, Vezon Investissements, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Original title Le Jour des Corneilles
Directors Jean-Christophe Dessaint
Writers Amandine Taffin, Jean-François Beauchemin

Cast

Jean Reno

as Le père Courge (voice)

Lorànt Deutsch

as Le fils Courge (voice)

Isabelle Carré

as Manon (voice)

Claude Chabrol

as Le docteur (voice)

Chantal Neuwirth

as La vieille Ronce (voice)

Bruno Podalydès

as L'infirmier / Le vieux Ronce (voice)