Sylvain Chomet on A Magnificent Life, Joker: Folie à Deux, and Returning to Triplets of Belleville
The Film Stage [Unofficial]
March 25, 2026
“The idea of the young [Marcel] Pagnol visiting the older Pagnol is nowhere to be found in his books,” director Sylvain Chomet tells me when it comes to A Magificent Life, his first film in fifteen years, a wistful animated portrait of one of France’s greatest artists. “The story about him being encountered by himself […]
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