Pumpkins and Old Lace

Pumpkins and Old Lace

9 mins | Comedy, Animation | March 3, 2011

The perfect "Granny or Grandpa" poster face is what the photographer from Discra, an adult diaper company, hopes to find as he approaches a retirement home, camera in hand. A quick look at a couple of "nice old folks" and that should be it. But it's just the beginning of the story (or rather stories). While the folks he meets are a bit long in the tooth, they have a lot to say. With Pumpkins and Old Lace, Juliette Loubières joins the classic tradition of puppet animation films, creating a sincere, whimsical fairy tale with a moral that reminds us that old age is sometimes a mask guarding the treasures of our souls.

Pumpkins and Old Lace

9 mins | Comedy, Animation | March 3, 2011

Pumpkins and Old Lace
The perfect "Granny or Grandpa" poster face is what the photographer from Discra, an adult diaper company, hopes to find as he approaches a retirement home, camera in hand. A quick look at a couple of "nice old folks" and that should be it. But it's just the beginning of the story (or rather stories). While the folks he meets are a bit long in the tooth, they have a lot to say. With Pumpkins and Old Lace, Juliette Loubières joins the classic tradition of puppet animation films, creating a sincere, whimsical fairy tale with a moral that reminds us that old age is sometimes a mask guarding the treasures of our souls.
Producers Angoa-Agicoa, PROCIREP, National Film Board of Canada, Région Bretagne, Région Centre, Région Poitou-Charentes, Département de la Charente, Spédidam, JPL Films, Les Trois Ours
Original title Citrouille et vieilles dentelles
Directors Juliette Loubières
Writers Tiziana de Carolis, Isabelle Bottier, Juliette Loubières

Cast

Lucie Dolène

as Rose / Blanche / Madeleine (Voix)

Brigitte Lecordier

as L'infirmière (Voix)

Perrette Pradier

as Charlotte (Voix)

Jacques Ciron

as Louis / Gaspard (Voix)

Vincent Deniard

as Le photographe (Voix)