April and the Extraordinary World

About April and the Extraordinary World

It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

April and the Extraordinary World is a 2015 animation comedy film directed by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci. The film is filed under scientist, france, cat, and steampunk.

Marion Cotillard stars as Avril (voice), Philippe Katerine as Darwin (voice), Jean Rochefort as Pops (voice), and Olivier Gourmet as Paul (voice). At 106 minutes long, it arrived in November 2015.

The screenplay is by Benjamin Legrand and Franck Ekinci. Production companies include Proximus and RTBF. In the United States it streams on Shout! Factory Amazon Channel.

Poor Things, As Above, So Below, and A Little Chaos make useful companions to April and the Extraordinary World, all filed under female protagonist. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 366 votes.