The Girl Without Hands
2016 · Movie · 76 min · ★ 7.0 · 89% critics
A young woman is caught in a cruel bargain that tears her from home and pushes her into a harsh, enchanted world. Her journey becomes a dark fairy tale about endurance, purity, and the search for freedom.
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Details
- Original title
- La jeune fille sans mains
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-12-14
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (82 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a mature, haunting animated fairy tale with a style unlike I Lost My Body; Not for you if raw violence or abstract visuals frustrate you.
Pros: striking handmade visuals; dark compelling tale; poetic atmosphere | Cons: disturbing violence; uneven visual clarity; slow for some
Themes
- fairy tale
Awards & recognition
- Annecy Cristal — a Feature Film · 2016 · nominated
Cast & crew
Anaïs Demoustier
as La Fille (voice)
Jérémie Elkaïm
as Le Prince (voice)
Philippe Laudenbach
as Le Diable (voice)
Olivier Broche
as Le Père
Françoise Lebrun
as La Mère (voice)
Sacha Bourdo
as Le Jardinier (voice)
Elina Löwensohn
as La Déesse (voice)
Directed by Sébastien Laudenbach