Accompanied by her talking cat (Philippe Katerine), a teen (Marion Cotillard) embarks on a quest to find her missing parents in 1941, when Paris is governed by steam and Napoleon V, where scientists vanish mysteriously.
12 April 1964, Montréal, Québec, Canada
1968, Brussels, Belgium
29 April 1930, Dinan, Cote-d'Armor, France
22 July 1963, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
4 October 1946, New York City, New York, USA
19 May 1959, New York, New York, USA
20 July 1962, Yonkers, New York, USA
30 September 1975, Paris, France
6 June 1967, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
11 March 1984, Montréal, Québec, Canada
9 January 1955, Detroit, Michigan, USA
4 July 1974, Lemoore, California, USA
18 October 1984, Montréal, Québec, Canada
30 September 1970, West Point, New York, USA
13 July 1977, Hoisington, Kansas, USA
20 June 1965, Longueuil, Québec, Canada
7 June 1968, Canada
8 December 1968, Chantonnay, Vendée, France
20 May 1965, Moresnet-Chapelle, Belgium
19 September 1942, Los Angeles, California, USA
January 09, 2017
As much as April and the Extraordinary World veers around a little too often and gets too self-indulgent with its exposition, the film effectively builds a whole other steampunk-inspired world in which viewers can get lost, gas masks and all.April 14, 2016
"April and the Extraordinary World" is a visual delight, an animated French steampunk adventure that is smart, exciting and wonderfully weird.April 07, 2016
In truth, the story is practically beside the point with all the spectacular visuals.May 05, 2016
Should appeal to precocious children... Adults may find it as derivative and simplistic as the steampunk aesthetic to which it's indebted, but for a gateway to more resonant cinema and literature, you could do worse.April 07, 2016
A delightfully deranged steampunk adventure.May 22, 2016
... while sometimes bits of comedy are distractingly nonsensical, the film preserves scenes of illustrated beauty, smart contemplation and clever humor.May 18, 2016
Even in today's world of banal CGI wonders, it would be a tall order to render the scope and detail of the Franklins' ominous steampunk world in a live-action tent-pole.May 31, 2016
Given how sumptuous the details are in every scene, the alternate universe here, even as far from reality as it is, is conceivably real.June 01, 2016
This hand-drawn animated feature by first-time directors Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci is a steampunk marvel that will enchant both kids and adults with its high-concept premise.May 08, 2016
Soot and steam seep into every frame, so that you can almost sense the picture wheezing.April 15, 2016
April and the Extraordinary World will have your imagination doing somersaults and cartwheels.April 07, 2016
Fun, fast-paced French film d'animation that manages to keep its ideas from getting lost amid the steampunk aesthetics, frequent chases, and occasional explosions.