

The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Screening on a revolving basis at Palace Nova Cinemas, city, and Prospect during the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2019 Reviewed by Felicity Rai for Global Media Post I’ll just let Dilili à Paris speak for itself… No doubt you will marvel at its artistic brilliance! I will say no more so as not to spoil this anti-feminist, burka-inspired plot. Little girls are being kidnapped in Paris, so little Dilili and her companion, the ever-obliging teenage Orel, set out to find and rescue the missing fillettes with the help of the likes of Marie Curie, Louis Pasteur, Gustav Eiffel, Collette, Toulouse Lautrec, Chocolat, Renoir, Picasso, Rodin, and Sarah Bernhardt to name but a few.

In truth, I must admit to having watched Dilili à Paris at least three times and still found something new in each spectacular scene to admire. The music of all genres also adds to the enjoyment. In short, this is an exceptional film of 2D animated discovery and learning for Francophiles, the young, and the young at heart. In so doing, they meet a number of scientists, inventors, artists, and performers. In the glorious Paris of the Belle Époque, the ultra-polite and intelligent little Kanuk Dilili (a mixed-race girl from New Caledonia who soaks knowledge and languages like a sponge) is befriended by a talented young deliveryman, Orel, and together the two amateur sleuths investigate the mysterious kidnappings of a number of little Parisienne girls. The sights of Paris including the Moulin Rouge and the French Can Can are inspired, while the famous personages of the times and their creations are discovered. This stunning full-length animated family film by Michel Ocelot, Dilili à Paris (Dilili in Paris) is the perfect film for a family outing to the cinema… It’s entertaining and beautifully designed.
