
Le Petit Prince (Eng: The Little Prince) by Antoine du Saint-Expurey is widely hailed as the most well-known and popular French book and has had fans of the charming story clamoring for a film adaptation for years. Now, the first trailer for an animated movie based on the novella has been released. Check it out below! (Yes, it’s in French. Don’t pretend you’re surprised.)
There’s a part of me that wishes the animation would reflect the utterly beautiful simplicity of the text…but it’s hard to tell with such a short trailer. I’m afraid animation has a modern tendency to strive to top whatever has come before; subtlety isn’t usually the goal. But it might be a wonderful film—I hope so.