A Boat in the Garden (Slocum et moi)
- JPL Films (FR)
- French
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Grégory Gadebois, Coraly Zahonero, Elias Hauter, Sébastien Faglain, André Marcon
Assistant director : Denis Lambert
Technical director : Romuald Verdier
Storyboard : Asier Arrilaga
Layout : Stéphane Nedez
Sets : Pascal Gérard
Animation : Denis Figueiredo
Design modeling : Cédric Gervais
Texturing : Samuel Brasseur
VFX : Laurent Bret
Production manager : Fabien Renelli
July 1, 1950, Pierre begins the construction of the replica of the «Spray» in the garden of his suburban house on the banks of the Marne river. Geneviève and her son, François, are enlisted for the occasion. The latter has just turned 11… He is passionate about this project and the tutelary figure of Slocum, symbols of freedom. The construction of the sailboat, like the voyage of Slocum that François lives day by day, last a few years, during which Pierre shows himself more and more distant from the maritime adventure… and rather centered on the construction of a family. unusual for the time… Nevertheless this adventure of creating the boat will be the journey of all three of them. A founding adventure for the teenager who learns to build his dreams, with the seriousness and perseverance that suits imaginary adventures…