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Max and Co.

Synopsis

In the small town of Saint-Hilare, dominated by the huge flyswatter factory Buzzz and Co, weird experiments are conducted in a secret lab: it seems a mad scientist has been hired to re-boost the company’s sales and Max, a young roaming musician in search of his father, is about to experience the most incredible adventure of his life.

Details

Year
2008
Type of film
Features
Running time
74 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Samuel and Frederic Guillaume 1st Feature
Producer
Robert Boner, Benoit Dreyer, Kwesi Dickson, Stephen Margolis, Sylvain Goldberg, Serges de Poucques
Screenwriter
Emmanuel Salinger, Christine Dory
Director of Photography
Renato Berta
Principal cast
Loran Deutsch, Patrick Bouchitey, Micheline Dax, Virginie Efira, Sanseverino, Denis Podalydes, Amelie Lerma

Categories

Fiction Animation

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Future Films

76 Dean St
London W1D 3SQ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7009 6600

Kwesi@futurefilmgroup.com

Sales Company

Wild Bunch

99 rue de la Verrerie
75004 Paris
FRANCE

T +33 1 53 10 42 50

programmation@wildbunch.eu

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