The Pearce Sisters
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Pearce Sisters |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 9 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Luis Cook |
| script | Luis Cook |
| production |
Jo Allen for Aardman Animations |
| cut | Dan Williamson |
The Pearce Sisters is a 2007 animated short film directed by Luis Cook .
action
The old Pearce sisters, a little thin and a big corpulent one, live in a little hut by the sea. Often they go out in their boat and fish fish, which the big one gathers and hangs in a high smokehouse for smoking. The little one always lights the fire. One day the big one discovers a crashed boat in the sea. Both go out, but they can only rescue the skipper dead. They bring him ashore, dress him in one of their blouses, and place him on an armchair. So prepared, the man suddenly comes back to life. When the little one asks him if he wants tea, he flees from the two women in horror. He also tears his blouse before running into the sea. The little one gets angry and follows him with a mallet, but the big one steals him with a reproachful look.
Some time later, the two women find the partially decomposed body of the man. The little one is enthusiastic and the big one drags the man to the hut. She begins to gut him. Then she hangs it in the smokehouse. Brown and rigid, he is later brought to the hut, where the little one prepares him. In an adjoining room she places him at a tea table, where numerous other male corpses already smoked in this way are sitting. Everyone is holding a teacup in their hand. The little one serves tea and the big one takes a seat at the table. When a fly lands in her empty teacup, she brings it outside undamaged and lets it fly. In the end, both sisters stand on the beach and look out over the sea.
production
The Pearce Sisters is based on a short story by Kirkham Jackson . The film was initially computer animated in 3D. The individual frames were printed out and details reworked before the frames were scanned again. The film premiered on June 11, 2007 at the Festival d'Animation Annecy .
Awards
The Pearce Sisters won in 2008 the British Academy Film Awards in the category Best Animated Short Film . In 2007 he won the Cartoon d'Or of the European Cartoon Forum and in 2008 he received the award for the best animation at the Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand . In 2008, The Pearce Sisters was also nominated for a European Film Award in the Best Short Film category.
Web links
- The Pearce Sisters in the Internet Movie Database (English)