PHANTOM BOY (Toronto International Film Festival Release, Toronto Canada 2015)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.0|5.0 Starsìììì

Phantom Boy—an animated take on out of body experiences and how that could work in a police investigation—is just plain wonderful. Watch it.

Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia

Storyline

Eleven-year-old Léo (voice of Gaspard Gagnol) develops an illness that requires hospitalization. While there  he makes friends with a police officer, Alex (voice of Edouard Baer) who was in pursuit of a man called The Face (voice of Vincent D’Onfrio) when he broke his leg and became hospitalized. When Alex discovers Léo has the special power of being able to move in and out of his body at will while asleep, they team to solve the case.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Directors Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol for directing efforts. Thank you to

Executive Producers Emmanuel Bernard, and Tim Martens (Belgium) for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: L’homme au visage cassés (voice of Jean-Pierre Marielle), Mary (voice of Audrey Tautou), La Taupe (voice of Jackie Berroyer), Léo (voice of Gaspard Gagnol), Titi (voice of Noa Bernaoui-Savreux), Le petit nerveux/Le casseur/L’exterminateur (voice of Patrick Ridremont), Le géant (voice of Patrick Descamps), and Le commissaire (voice of Yves Barbaut).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. This animated film has the WOW factor.

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