Jean-Paul Gaultier & NWave Unveil First Images For Animated Movie About A Fashionista Moth Featuring Rossy De Palma In Voice Cast – Annecy
13.06.2024 - 15:33
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Jean-Paul Gaultier has unveiled first details and images for his upcoming debut animated fiction feature tapping into his collections and experiences in the Paris Fashion world.
The Untitled Jean-Paul Gaultier Project is being produced by nWaves Studios, the Belgium-based animation production house behind family hits such as Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness and Bigfoot Family.
The project is based on an original idea by writer and filmmaker Emilie Frèche, sparked by her own experiences growing up with parents and extended family members in the fashion industry.
The fairytale-style story revolves around a fashionista young moth who escapes a provincial thrift store run by a retired model called Kiki, and makes her way to Paris with ambitions to pursue a career in haute couture.
“She is quite desperate because she only has dirty moths around her who eat old sweaters all day long,” explained Frèche.
“She dreams of dressing herself and spends her day flipping through old copies of Vogue. One day a young stylist comes through the door, and she will leave with her and live incredible adventures in Paris.”
In the early stages of production, the movie is three years away from completion.
Screenwriter and director Benoît Philippon, best known internationally for 2015 fantasy animation Mune: Guardian of the Moon, is attached to direct. Producer and nWaves president Matthieu Zeller is leading the production.
Gaultier joined Frèche, Zeller and Philippon in a special presentation of the project at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Thursday.
The designer said the idea had been presented to him out of the blue.
“I was very happy, flattered even… I never expected to be offered such an experience, I’m