Pas à deux
An animated short film of dancers from Monique Renault and Gerrit van Dijk.
Monique Renault
Gerrit van Dijk
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by Monique Renault
Like Fantasia (1940) or Allegro Non Troppo (1977), L'Opéra Imaginaire (1993) is an assembly of animated short films based on classic music greats. Directed by some of the best European animators and artists, L'Opéra Imaginaire takes us through dance, theater, music and painting masterpieces. It uses several animation techniques, like stop-motion clay animation or CG characters.
Historical view on the role of women within the law
A big woman an a little superman are engaged in an erotic play.
1981 animation asks Question 1: Is there equality in similar jobs for men and women? Question 2: What do the women see behind the fence, that sets them off laughing?
An animated cartoon about the Creation myth reviewed and corrected by two women. God the magician has decided to create a paradise: Switzerland. He covers it with trees and cows, until Adam is born. After exploring his paradise, Adam creates Eve from one of his ribs. Man is shown as an erect penis, woman by a limbless trunk.
Also Directed by Gerrit van Dijk
1920s mobster Dutch Schultz's dying words presented in the abstract.
Surrealist animation about two cubes who come alive against a constantly changing background. The cubes go through the process of growing up and getting older. They fall in love, make love, and conceive new cubes. The idyll ends cruelly in an all-destroying war.
Collage-like depiction of the life of a man, in which the protagonist prefers intimate childhood memories over earthly gain. About the sound of new shoes, walks with dad and the smell of elm wood.
In a series of transformations, a boy with a football under his arm is transformed into increasingly aggressive-looking sportsmen.
Critique against the increasing urbanization. A static shot depicts the story of a butterfly whose living space is increasingly limited by the construction of houses and factories. New construction rapidly fills the green environment of the butterfly until it ends up on the wall, pinned up and framed.
A short animation in which characters from 39 paintings in the Frans Hals Museum move from one artwork to the next.
A boy scout tries to make the world a better place and as a result he transcends into other persons, not famous and very famous. Will it make a change?