The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
A lighthouse guardian leads a young prince towards an imaginary world, Taxandria, where the boy learns about the power of love and the value of liberty. A totalitarian regime has forbidden time: time watches have been confiscated, photo cameras are illegal as they freeze a point in time. A typical Servais theme: a power is oppressed by a constraint that denies what is best in the individual, and therefore has to be twisted in various ways, to establish an entirely artificial world, that has rules that may question some of the rules of our world at this side of the mirror.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Raoul ServaisDirector
- Kim BullardOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Armin Mueller-StahlKarol / Virgilus
- Elliott SpiersAimé Perel
- Katja StudtPrincess Ailée
- Richard KattanJan
- Julien SchoenaertsMr. Bonze
- Andrew SachsAndré / Superintendent
- Daniel EmilforkFirst Minister
- Cris CampionKlooster
- Robert LemaireLamp
- Joris Van RansbeeckVersalus
- Ferenc Dávid KissTaxandrian
- Zsuzsa HollLeading Lady
Stills
Themes
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