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The Rain Children
''The Rain Children'' (french: Les Enfants de la pluie) is a 2003 French and South Korean animated fantasy film directed by Philippe Leclerc. The plot is loosely inspired by Serge Brussolo's novel ''A l'image du dragon''. Plot Since the Great Sundering, the world has been divided into two parts : the land of fire, a vast desert inhabited by the people of the Pyross, and the land of water, inhabited by the Hydross. The Pyross have red skin, and stocky, muscular features; water burns their flesh and rain is lethal to them. They use sunstones (shining crystals) as both money and energy source. During the rainy season, they stay locked in their city of stone and cannot get out; they protect themselves from the rain and from the wild water dragons who wander into Pyross territory during the rainy season. The Hydross, on the other hand, have curvy features and blue or turquoise skin, and water is vital to them. In summer, the Hydross turn into stone statues and are thus vulnerable, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Caza
Caza (), the pseudonym of Philippe Cazaumayou (; born 14 November 1941), is a French comics artist. Biography At 18, Cazaumayou started a career in advertising which lasted for ten years, but in 1970 he entered the field of bandes dessinées, releasing his first album, ''Kris Kool''. Caza began to publish work in ''Pilote'' magazine, starting with his series ''Quand les costumes avaient des dents'' (''When Costumes had Teeth'') in 1971, followed by other short work. The series of stories ''Scènes de la vie de banlieue'' (''Scenes of Suburban Life'') was published in 1975, followed by the ''L'Âge d'Ombre'' stories, ''Les Habitants du crépuscule'' and ''Les Remparts de la nuit''. With the emergence of the magazine '' Métal Hurlant'' in 1975, Caza began to supply work within the science-fiction genre, with titles such as ''Sanguine'', ''L'oiseau poussière'', initially working with an exhaustive black and white dot technique. This was later abandoned for a style of colour use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |