Poupelle of Chimney Town Eiga Entotsumachi no Puperu

by Yusuke Hirota

Japan
2021
100 min
French version
Feature film
Animation
Color

Kids Screenings 2021

Official synopsis

Lubicchi lives among large chimneys whose thick smoke has always covered the sky of his city. He’d like to prove to everyone that his father was telling the truth and that there are stars beyond the clouds. One Halloween night, the little chimney sweep meets Poupelle, a strange creature with whom he decides to explore the sky.

The programmer’s eye

“Poupelle” is like a large open-air storage room, but where any discovery is magic. It offers a very strong friendship, adventure and stunts, fantasy and inventiveness, powerful energy and a beautiful ecological lesson.

— Aurélie Oria-Badoc

Biography and Filmography

Yusuke Hirota joined STUDIO4ºC in 2001. He was the first director of computer graphics for the television series “Piroppo” (2001, directed by Katsuhito Ishii), then on many productions including the “Animatrix - BEYOND” (2003), “Genius Party - BABY BLUE” (2007), “Genius Party Beyond - MOONDRIVE” (2008), “Berserk L'âge d'or Arc 1 - L'oeuf du roi” and “Harmony” (2015) of which he is also the co-director. “Poupelle” (2020) is her first feature film as a director.

2021 - POUPELLE OF CHIMNEY TOWN - Yusuke Hirota - Director

Akihiro Nishino, adapted from his book “Poupelle of Chimney Town”

Yoshimoto Kogyo Corporation, Dentsu Film, Studio4°c Co.

Art House Films

by Yusuke Hirota

Yusuke Hirota joined STUDIO4ºC in 2001. He was the first director of computer graphics for the television series “Piroppo” (2001, directed by Katsuhito Ishii), then on many productions including the “Animatrix - BEYOND” (2003), “Genius Party - BABY BLUE” (2007), “Genius Party Beyond - MOONDRIVE” (2008), “Berserk L'âge d'or Arc 1 - L'oeuf du roi” and “Harmony” (2015) of which he is also the co-director. “Poupelle” (2020) is her first feature film as a director.

2021 - POUPELLE OF CHIMNEY TOWN - Yusuke Hirota - Director