Special Presentations
Iron Boy
In rural France, 11-year-old Christophe tries to live up to his rigid, distant father on the family farm. But the young boy starts to lean over and collapse without warning, on the tractor, at school, at dinner. A doctor finds the solution: Christophe must wear an iron corset to keep himself upright. Forced to reinvent his life away from the farm, he discovers a new passion for music, meets a new friend, and follows her into his first mischief. But will any of this really fix what is out of balance? A Sony Pictures Classics release.
Southeast premiere
Presented in French with English subtitles.
DIRECTOR
Louis Clichy
PRODUCERS
Céline Vanlint
Nicolas de Rosanbo
Fabrice Delville
Christophe Toulemonde
Agathe Sofer
Alexandre Astier
WRITERS
Louis Clichy
Frank Salomé
CAST
Gary Clichy
Rod Paradot
Dimitri Colas
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Louis Clichy trained in animation at the École des Gobelins in Paris. He began his career as an animator at Pixar, working on WALL-E and Up before co-directing Asterix: The Land of the Gods and Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, which was nominated for the César Award for Best Animated Film. Iron Boy, his first feature film as a solo director, presents a highly personal style characterized by ink line drawing that returns to the spirit of his early short films.