
The film tells the remarkable story of the animograph, a unique machine developed in France during the 1960s by cartoonist and inventive engineer Jean Dejoux (1922-2015). Dejoux envisioned the animograph as a device that would transform the animation industry with its innovative approach to creating moving images. The documentary explores his creation and its place in the history of animation technology.
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Robin Williams
Self (archive footage)

Mia Farrow
Self (archive footage)

Jean Yanne
Self (archive footage)

Serge Bromberg
Self

Claude Piéplu
Self (archive footage)

Daniel Prévost
Self (archive footage)

Maurice Corbet
Self

Danièle Gilbert
Self (archive footage)

Gerald Scarfe
Self

Christine Dejoux
Self

Robert Benayoun
Self (archive footage)

Pierre Schaeffer
Self (archive footage)

Jacques Chaussepied
Self - Narrator (voice)

Pierre Mandrin
Self

Bernard Spehner
Self

Jean-Baptiste Garnero
Self

Melinda Littlejohn
Self

Marco de Blois
Self

Francis Coupigny
Self

Marcello Zane
Self

Jocelyne Tournet-Lammer
Self

Geoffrey Nathanson
Self

Jean Dejoux
Self (archive footage)

Peter Foldès
Self (archive footage)

Pierre Sainderichin
Self (archive footage)

Jacques Rouxel
Self (archive footage)

René Borg
Self (archive footage)
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