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Renaissance Details

2006 Certificate 15
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In 2054, Paris is a labyrinth where all movement is monitored and recorded. Casting a shadow over everything is the city's largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export - youth and beauty. In this world of stark contrasts and rigid laws the populace is kept in .. Read more

Starring Daniel Craig, Catherine McCormack, Laura Blanc, Romola Garai
Director Christian Volckman
Genres Animated, Drama, Thriller

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Renaissance

In 2054, Paris is a labyrinth where all movement is monitored and recorded. Casting a shadow over everything is the city's largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export - youth and beauty. In this world of stark contrasts and rigid laws the populace is kept in line and accounted for.

Starring Daniel Craig, Catherine McCormack, Laura Blanc, Romola Garai
Director Christian Volckman
Studio PATHE DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 40 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Animated, Drama, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 27 Nov 2006
Production year: 2006
Format DVD
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  • Take 'Metropolis' 'Blade Runner' and 'Sin City'... and you'll have a semblance of 'Renaissance'. Shines a new light on film noir

    • Variety
  • Remarkable... Compares favourably with Sin City

    • The Guardian
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  • 30 out of 34 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Performance Art

    A sci-fi, film noir, shot entirely in stark black and white linier graphics, designed to replicate the style of cult French graphic novels, was never going to ring everyone’s bell.

    Filmed using the modern animation technique of motion capture, the gorgeous visuals and breathtaking imagery almost, but don’t quite excuse this film its clichéd plot.

    The style is certainly ground braking and interesting enough to make the film a worthwhile watch, as we travel through a bladerunneresque Parisian futurescape, but the lack of anything meaty plot wise leaves one feeling a little short-changed.

    Huge on style, empty of any real content only the most avid animation fan will want to see this through to its conclusion.

      • Soulcurls from Southampton
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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Hurts the eyes

    I love animation so was ecited to watch this but i had to turn off after about 15 mins. Due to the lack of any colour it was a struggle to watch, you spend most of the time trying to work out what it is you are looking at. The script and dialogue was awful and cheesy, very cliche, though that wasn't my reason for renting this. As a comic strip it would work really well, but for a film it was just too much for my eyes to take.

      • A customer from London
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