Original Title: Dililì à Paris
Director: Michel Ocelot
Screenplay: Michel Ocelot
Photography: Michel Ocelot
Editor: Patrick Ducruet
Music: Gabriel Yared
Voices: Prunelle Charles Ambron, Enzo Ratsito, Natalie Dessay
Production: Nord-Ouest Films
Distribution: MoviesInspired
Year: 2018
Country: France
Length: 95’
Synopsis: With the help of her delivery-boy friend, Dilili, a young Kanak, investigates a spate of
mysterious kidnappings of young girls that is plaguing Belle Epoque Paris. In the course of her
investigation she encounters a series of extraordinary characters, each of whom provides her with
clues that will help her in her quest…
Biography: Born on the French Riviera, Michel Ocelot spent his childhood in Guinea, grew up in the Loire valley and then settled in Paris. He has dedicated his entire career to film animation. Since the beginning, all his works have been based on his own scripts and graphics. Among his short films, he directed The 3 Inventors (1980 Bafta for best animated film, London),
followed by The Legend of the Poor Hunchback (1983 César for best animated short film, Paris). In 1998, Michel Ocelot became known to the general public with the success of his first feature film Kirikou and the Sorceress . He then released Princes and Princesses, fairy tales in a shadow theatre, using cut out animation, and Kirikou and the Wild Beasts, co-directed with Bénédicte Galup. Azur & Asmar (2007), his 4th feature film, is another fairy tale, set on both sides of the Mediterranean. It was selected for the Cannes Film Festival for its Director’s Fortnight. In late 2008, he released a compilation DVD of his short films, The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot, his life and work before Kirikou… In July 2011, and for the first time in 3D, Tales of the Night, another silhouette film, was released. It was the only French feature film to be selected for the main competition at the 61st edition of the prestigious Berlin Film Festival. In 2012, Michel Ocelot completed the shooting of new Kirikou adventures, Kirikou and the Men and Women.