Tragic Story with Happy Ending | |
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Directed by | Regina Pessoa |
Music by | Normand Roger |
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Running time | 7 minutes 43 seconds |
Countries | Portugal Canada France |
Tragic Story with Happy Ending (French: Histoire tragique avec fin heureuse) is a 2005 animated short by Regina Pessoa.
To make the 7 minute 43 second film, Pessoa's drawings were transferred to glossy paper, brushed with India ink, scratched with a blade to give the effect of an engraving, then photographed. National Film Board of Canada film composer Normand Roger supplied the score for the film. [1] [2]
The film was the second in a trilogy of animated shorts by Pessoa about childhood, between A Noite (1999) and Kali the Little Vampire . [3]
Tragic Story with Happy Ending has received numerous awards, becoming one of Portugal's most acclaimed animated films. [4] They include the Cristal and TPS Cineculte awards for short film at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, a special international jury prize at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival, [5] and a Genie Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 28th Genie Awards.
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