Kaena: la Prophétie
Kaena: the Prophecy
2003 - France - 90 mins
French language dialogue with English subtitles
Rated PG (Parental Guidance)
© 2003 Xilam Films / StudioCanal / Groupe TVA
Official Kaena website (Flash):
French
English
Movie trailers (QuickTime):
French
English
Director
Chris Delaporte
Production
Xilam Films
Synopsis
Axis, the world-tree, is in mortal danger. Its sap has run dry, and it is in vain that the people
pray to the gods. Struck by strange visions, Kaena becomes convinced that Axis is calling to her for
help. A rebel at heart, she disregards the taboos of her tribe and the authority of the High Priest,
and begins a perilous journey to the roots of Axis, helped by a mysterious creature from another
world. The alarming truth that Kaena will discover at the end of her search will change all of their
destinies.
Special notes
Kaena was the first completely computer-generated film from Europe. Appleseed is the
first completely computer-generated film from Japan. Both follow the great successes of the American
computer-generated film maker, Pixar - and both borrow nothing at all from its storytelling tradition
or styles.
Profile: Director Chris Delaporte
Chris Delaporte, 32 years of age, was a painter. A great fan of H. R. Giger, Otomo and
Miyazaki, he is a former pupil of the Université d'Arts Plastiques of Paris and held many
exhibitions. The emergence of computation in the artistic realm grabbed Delaporte's interest, and he
quickly transitioned to join the production of video games. It was while he was working with the
graphic design of the game Heart of Darkness that he met Patrick Daher, and in 1995, they set
out to create the design for Kaena. It was the beginning of the production of the first
totally 3DCG film from Europe - a film that Delaporte acknowledges as owing a heritage less to
cartoons, less to Disney than to Japanese animation.
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