Two Snails Set Off

Two Snails Set Off

2017 · 4 min · ★ 6.1 · Animation, Family, Fantasy

A forest full of animated animals encourage a pair of snails, who are fully clad in black because they are in mourning for a dead leaf, to celebrate the new spring and reclaim the colors of life. Based on the children's poem by Jacques Prévert entitled "Chanson des escargots qui font à l'enterrement" ("Song of the snails who are on their way to a funeral").

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet · Written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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