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watcher-in-the-woods · 1 year

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Belladonna of Sadness (哀しみのベラドンナ, 1973)

Directed by Eiichi Yamamoto Screenplay by Yoshiyuki Fukuda & Eiichi Yamamoto Based on the book La Sorcière, written by Jules Michelet.

#belladonna of sadness #kanashimi no beradonna #horror #devil #anime #horror movies #horror fans #70s horror #deal with the devil #jean and jeanne #la sorcière #witchcraft and satanism #witch #witchcraft

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postcard-from-the-past · 7 months

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Scene from Sardou's "La Sorcière" play in the Parisian Sarah Bernhardt Theatre

French vintage postcard

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faetoothofficial · 1 year

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Cover art for singles Echolalia, La Sorcière, & album Remnants of The Vessel

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ben-the-hyena · 2 years

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Me thinking about that "all the Princes and Princess tales folks meet in a realm that exists for them" AU earlier today

"I love the Mean Prince so much I always did. Poor guy wanted a princess (for shallow reasons sure) and had none but he took it like a good sport. I feel like him being turned into an ant among the other ants he wanted to burn made him a better person anyway and thus would deserve another princess which can be possible with that crossover AU. I just can't see him as bi for some reason lol he reeks 100% straight to me, even if I tried gay ships possibilities. Now which one could fit-"

Me remembering there is a princess who remains single because the main character of her tale ditches her for a witch which she probably took badly as a matter of honor even if she didn't know him nor loved him and would have probably liked if instead of being sweet like he had been he had done like all the other brutes trying to burn her down

"OH GOD DAMMIT"

#I HATE MY BRAIN SOMETIMES BUT I ALSO LOVE IT #DISAPPOINTED NOT TO GET A WITCH-KILLING HUSBAND DISAPPOINTED NOT TO GET THE PRINCESS #I CAN IMAGINE THEM RANTING AT EACH OTHER AND COMING TO THE SAME SENTENCE AND JUST STARING #FLASH FORWARD 'We have been married for 8 years now'#crossover #?#does it count since 2 different tales from the same movie #aus #the single princess #gonna call her that way lol #la princesse des diamants #la sorcière #moi #princes et princesses #i ship it !#marriage #princess #the mean prince

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toodrunktofindaurl · 10 months

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please say something

#Kiki's Delivery Service #Ghibli #jiji the cat #Kiki la petite sorcière #Miyazaki #idk how to tag this my bad #buuuuuut #i just watched Kiki's for the first time 2 days ago #had to exorcise some Demons #maryneart

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basicallyanotherwitchesthing · 3 months

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Hans Holzer - La Sorcellerie renaissante - Marabout - 1975

#witches #sorcières #occult #vintage #la sorcellerie renaissante #the truth about witchcraft #rebirth of witchcraft #witchcraft #marabout #hans holzer #sorcellerie #1975 #univers secrets #bibliotheque marabout

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dozydawn · 2 months

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Estella Blain in Le soldat et la sorcière (1971).

Costume designed by Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle.

#past doing the past #estella blain #yvonne sassinot de nesle #1971 #1970s #le soldat et la sorcière

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the-blue-fairie · 1 month

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@ariel-seagull-wings @themousefromfantasyland It remains fascinating to me that, in the US, the film Kirikou and the Sorceress is kinda obscure and only available in a blurry print and old non-anamorphic DVDs while in other countries it's just... a children's film? Like, a restoration was on the Criterion Channel for a few months some years ago, but that's been gone for ages now.

It's because of the completely nonsexual animated nudity that's so matter-of-fact within the film and normal among the culture it portrays that it becomes irrelevant. And some people might say, "Well, if it's irrelevant then they could have just censored it for the US release," but like... that would have been a loss to the film.

Like, it's all very well for people to say things like "Nudity in and of itself is nonsexual" but having a film where the nudity is so mundane you might even forget about it (or at least be forced to confront your own cultural biases regarding nudity) shows that.

This is the way these people live. It is ordinary. The film doesn't try to otherize its characters because of it.

It just is.

And that makes it integral to the film.

I only saw the film for the first time when it appeared on the Criterion Channel, but I feel like if I'd grown up with it (there would have been no chance of that; my family would have confiscated the DVD), I'd have had a less complicated emotional journey regarding my body.

#kirikou et la sorcière #kirikou and the sorceress #kirikou

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alder-saan · 6 months

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Sorry not sorry but we, French people, have the best movies and the best movie-makers ever

Kirikou et la sorcière

Princes et princesses

Dragons et princesses

Azur et Asmar

All of them by Michel Ocelot

And, obviously, THE movie that got THE Miyazaki inspired to do his:

Le roi et l'oiseau, by Paul Grimault

This one is probably my favourite movie of ALL time.

Like.

It's brilliant.

I loved it when I was a child, I still love it now for different reasons. The double meanings are incredible, the animation is SO DAMN GOOD (and the film was released in 1980) (it took over 30 years to make because the production was a disaster but the result is... MASTERPIECE)

#Watch these #French movies #Michel Ocelot #the king and the mockingbird #Le roi et l'oiseau #Paul Grimault #Azur et Asmar #Princes et Princesses #Dragons et princesses #Kirikou et la sorcière #kirikou et les bêtes sauvages #Kirikou et les hommes et les femmea

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bizarreauhavre · 1 year

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The hand of glory

#bizarre au havre #witchcraft #the hand of glory #hand #black magic #witch #superstition #sorcerer #dark #sorcellerie #sorcières #la main de gloire #main #magie noir #sorcier #paranormal

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bestanimatedmovie · 6 months

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Nimona vs Kirikou and the Sorceress

Propaganda:

One of the best animated movies ever

#Kirikou and the Sorceress #Kirikou et la Sorcière #best animated movie #the nimona tournament #tournament poll

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postcard-from-the-past · 7 months

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Scene from Sardou's "La Sorcière" play in the Parisian Sarah Bernhardt Theatre

French vintage postcard

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faetoothofficial · 1 year

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smhalltheurlsaretaken · 2 years

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The 2000s were the golden age of French fantasy/fairytale animated films (think Prince of Egypt on a lower budget) and people are sitting on it and lamenting that Disney and Amazon can't do diversity well. (No shit). Spoilers in the links.

Kirikou et la Sorcière (Kirikou and the Sorceress), 1998 + its two sequels: inspired by West African storytelling and folktales, Kirikou is a young boy who can walk and talk since the womb and helps his people defeat the evil witch who has taken away all the men of the village. The sequels are more episodic tales focused on smaller issues Kirikou helps resolve with his ingenuity. It's got some banging songs by Senegalese star Youssou N'Dour, an almost exclusively pan-African voice cast (in the original French dub at least), and it explores some pretty dark issues without pulling any punches while managing to stay light-hearted. (It also has a lot of non-sexual nudity, which might be disconcerting if you're not expecting it.)

La Reine Soleil (The Sun Queen), 2007: essentially a Prince of Egypt rip-off but focused on Egyptian history and religion instead. It follows Ahkenaten and Nefertiti's daughter Ahkesa and her betrothed Prince Tuthankaten. The animation's not the greatest but it has some pretty impressive visuals here and there (although for the life of me I can't figure out why the royals have got otherworldly blue eyes). It's not as great as the others on the list but it's got the right vibes.

Azur et Asmar (Azur and Asmar: The Princes' Quest), 2006: by the same director as Kirikou. Azur is a rich young boy raised by an Arab nursemaid together with her young son Asmar. The three of them are separated, but an adult Azur eventually crosses the sea on a quest to find the Djinn fairy, and the two not-quite-brothers find themselves at odds. The early 3D animation is pretty funky but the backgrounds and the Morrocan architecture especially can be incredibly beautiful and detailed, and a lot of the movie is in classical Arabic (spoken by native speakers).

Les Enfants de la Pluie (The Rain Children), 2003: some very beautifully animated heroic fantasy with very nice worldbuilding and lore. It's not directly inspired by any one culture or fairytale but it's pretty far from the standard European fantasy worldbuilding that's been done to death. All the characters are non-human, with some big Atlantis vibes for the Hydross and a cool desert aesthetic for the Pyross. Sweet and short.

Princes et Princesses (Princes and Princesses), 1989, compiled in 2000: also by the guy who made Kirikou and Azur and Asmar. It's six short tales in handcrafted paper silhouette animation (inspired by Chinese-shadow puppetry), with three European-style fairy tales with some pretty imaginative visuals, and other tales from Japan, Egypt and even a sci-fi story 'from the year 3000'. As many female characters as male ones, and the female characters are all pretty awesome. The music can get hauntingly beautiful.

If you can get your hands on these, I definitely recommend giving them all a try!

#kirikou #kirikou et la sorcière #kirikou and the sorceress #michel ocelot #youssou ndour #princes et princesses #princes and princesses #azur and asmar #the princes' quest #azur et asmar #french animation #french culture #diversity #the sun queen #the rain children #ancient egypt #african culture #arab culture

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fujikoi · 11 months

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#kirikou et la sorcière #kirikou and the sorceress #Michel Ocelot #Ipomoea cairica #animationedit #filmedit #cartoonedit #nondisneyedit #movieedit #flowers #flowercore #cottagecore #animation #naturecore #french cinema #french animation #90s #1990s #edits*

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420mermaid · 1 year

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La Sorcière Rouge - Leonor Fini (1991)

#leonor fini #La Sorcière Rouge #lithograph

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