At a hospital in New York, Alex, a police officer, meets Leo, a boy who has the ability to get out of his body and pass through the walls like a ghost. Both team up with Mary, an intrepid journalist, to capture a disfigured villain who terrorizes the city.
Direction
Felicioli & Gagnol's shadow-drenched NYC feels lived-in
Cinematography
Hand-painted backgrounds that breathe gothic melancholy
Writing
Villain name 'The Man with the Broken Face'—poetry!
Director
Alain Gagnol
Édouard Baer
Alex Tanguy (voice)
Jackie Berroyer
The Mole (voice)
Audrey Tautou
Mary Delauney (voice)
Jean-Pierre Marielle
The Man with the Broken Face (voice)
Patrick Ridremont
The Nervous Little Man / The Safecracker / The Exterminator (voice)
Patrick Descamps
The Giant (voice)
Philippe Peythieu
The Mayor / Dino (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Directors Felicioli and Gagnol spent years on A Cat in Paris (2010) before this; same scratchy, nocturnal aesthetic.
The Mole's underground lair references French Resistance tunnels—tiny history lesson for French audiences that most kids miss entirely.
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