Fracture (1977) is a short animated film from France by the Brizzi Brothers (Paul and Gaëtan), a duo better known for their work on feature-length animated films such as Asterix versus Caesar (1985), and a number of films for Disney. Fracture is their earliest work, and isn’t remotely Disney-like, delivering an SF / fantasy scenario of alien inexplicabilities that makes it an animated counterpart of the comic strips that were running in Métal Hurlant (and its US counterpart, Heavy Metal) in the late 1970s.
Direction
Brizzis invent visual language for cosmic horror.
Practical Effects
Hand-crafted animation with zero corporate polish.
Director
Paul Brizzi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released alongside Métal Hurlant's peak influence, this captures the era when European comics embraced adult science fiction and psychedelic visual experimentation.
The Brizzis later directed the 'Firebird Suite' sequence in Fantasia 2000 — Fracture reveals their darker origins.
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