Nine-year-old Lucie reunites with her mother Caro to spend the summer holidays in Bectoile. Too busy with archaeological excavations, Caro does not have much time to spend with Lucie. However, the little girl has many questions about her family's past and intends to take advantage of her visit to the village where her mother grew up to discover its history. Luckily, she will have the help of her new friend Yann, but also, and above all, of some mysterious great tit birds that seem determined to guide her in her search.
One of the first French feature films made using cut-out animation, a meticulous, artisanal technique based on paper cut-outs animated frame by frame.
Three reasons
to watch this session
1
Vivirás una gran aventura rural cargada de misterio y descubrimientos sorprendentes.
2
Te darás cuenta de la importancia de conocer tus raíces para averiguar quién eres.
3
El delicado arte del cut out más artesanal te dejará sin palabras.
Highlights
11/22/2025 – 11:30 AM
Screening “The Songbirds’ Secret” + Q&A with Samuel Ribeyron
Barcelona, Institut Francès de Barcelona
This session features Samuel Ribeyron, author, illustrator and set designer with a long career in animation and children’s literature. Ribeyron will present The Songbirds’ Secret, where he served as art director and set designer. After the screening, he will talk with the audience about his artistic process and his collaboration with the Folimage studio, explaining how he blends illustration, scenography and handcrafted animation to create his poetic visual worlds.
Lucie, de nueve años, se reúne con su madre Caro para pasar las vacaciones de verano en Bectoile. Demasiada ocupada con las excavaciones arqueológicas, Caro no tiene mucho tiempo para estar con Lucie. Sin embargo, la pequeña tiene muchas preguntas sobre el pasado de su familia y pretende aprovechar su visita al pueblo donde creció su madre, para descubrir su historia. Por suerte, contará con la ayuda de su nuevo amigo Yann, pero también, y sobre todo, de unos misteriosos pájaros carboneros que parecen decididos a guiarla en su búsqueda.
Uno de los primeros largometrajes franceses elaborados con cut out, una técnica de animación cuidadosa y artesanal, basada en recortes de papel animados fotograma a fotograma.