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Renaissance, 2006

Starring: Daniel Craig, Patrick Floersheim, Catherine McCormack

Directed by: Christian Volckman

Written by: Mathieu Delaport

Language: English

Country: France, UK, Luxembourg

Runtime: 105 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.7

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Renaissance can be described as bleak, gloomy, and atmospheric. The plot revolves around a future dystopia, kidnapping, and a police investigation. The main genres are animation, sci-fi, and drama. In terms of style, Renaissance is neo-noir. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in Paris. Renaissance has received attention for being an award winner. It is well suited for a boys' night. Note that it involves violent content.

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In the near future in a Paris, France, made of Plexiglas, aerodynamic steel beams, and rainslicked surfaces, a sinister plot unfolds: it's one honest cop (voiced by Daniel Craig) against an evil corporatocracy, corrupt scientists, and the mob, as he uses his wits and grit to rescue a brilliant, beautiful female geneticist who has been kidnapped. What he learns on his rescue mission challenges his most hard-boiled preconceptions about who's really running things.

Christian Volckman's first feature film is rendered in astonishing black-and-white "motion capture" animation that continually yields inventive and subtle visual surprises--car chases take on cosmic proportions, cigarette smoke engulfs an entire room like a lovely wraith, and the already beautiful Parisian skyline becomes a dizzying, jeweled spectacle. A descendent of classic science-fiction tech-noir like BLADERUNNER, Volckman's film envisions the near future as a cold and heartless place where corporations are supreme and surface beauty is everything; whole scenes are constructed from reflections in nighttime windows, mirrors, and other shiny expanses, and false (but pretty) facades are created to confuse and imprison characters. This constant emphasis on empty, backwards images supports Volckman's seeming disgust with society's preoccupation with youthful beauty (and the multibillion-dollar cosmetic industries that keep us hooked), although his own film is relentlessly gorgeous.

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Language:	English
Country:	France, UK, Luxembourg
Release date:	22 September 2006
Runtime:	105 min

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Daniel Craig

as Barthélémy Karas

Patrick Floersheim

as Barthélémy Karas

Catherine McCormack

as Bislane Tasuiev

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Interesting SciFi movie set in a near future Blade Runner style Paris. The action was shot in motion capture 3D animation and rendered as a black and white very contrasted picture. Very stylish, descent story. Read and rate it

07.October.2009
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by: Olivier Pasco
Olivier Pasco rated this movie0/10

A very mixed bag. Animation that at times looks inspired and totally original, and at other times reminded me of TRON. Overall I'd recommend it for the visuals alone. The story however, if not animated would be a very boring and confused one. Read and rate it

20.March.2009
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by: rogertick
rogertick rated this movie4/10Disappointing

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