In this episodic animated fantasy from France, an art teacher interprets a series of six fairy tales (each involving a prince or princess) with the help of two precocious students. Princes and Princesses was created using a special style of cutout animation, with black silhouetted characters performing the action against backlit backdrops in striking colors.
Practical Effects
Hand-cut silhouettes that move like liquid shadow theater.
Production
Backlit color worlds built from paper and patience.
Writing
Six tales where princesses scheme and princes get cursed.
Director
Michel Ocelot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michel Ocelot animated every single frame himself over four years, using his own scissors.
The style directly references 18th-century French shadow theater (ombres chinoises), which Ocelot discovered as a child in Guinea.
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