Based on the comic strip Dans la forêt sombre et mystérieuse by Winshluss, 10-year-old Angelo dreams of becoming an explorer and zoologist. When he goes on the road with his family to visit his beloved grandmother, his distracted parents abandon him at a service station. Left to his own devices, Angelo decides to cross the forest in search of his family. Enter a dark and mysterious world, inhabited by strange creatures, some friendlier than others…
Angelo in the Magic Forest is the adaptation of the comic book “Dans la forêt sombre et mystérieuse” by Vincent Paronnaud, published in 2016 and awarded the Pépite d’or prize at the Salon du Livre Jeunesse de Montreuil.
Well-known to comic book fans – and film buffs, especially for his work as co-author and co-director of PERSEPOLIS with Marjane Satrapi in 2007 – Vincent Paronnaud signs the film with Alexis Ducord.