Miserable Miracle (2023)
Directed by Japanese filmmaker Ryo Orikasa, this animated short was inspired by Henri Michaux’s book of poetry and drawings of the same name, about his experiences with mescaline. The film explores the limits of language and perception, creating connections between sound, meaning, shapes and movement.
Director: Ryo Orikasa
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Denis Lavant as Narrator (French) |
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Tony Robinow as Narrator (English) |
| Directing | Ryo Orikasa | Director |
| Writing | Ryo Orikasa | Writer |
| Writing | Henri Michaux | Writer |
| Art | Ryo Orikasa | Art Direction |
| Art | Ryo Orikasa | Storyboard Artist |
| Editing | Ryo Orikasa | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Ryo Orikasa | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Anne Huynh | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keigo Ito | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuhiro Ariyoshi | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuka Abe | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Alice Sarrauste | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Anaïs Gauchot | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Liang Hsin Huang | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Anna Takagi | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Kohei Saito | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Yuka Abe | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Sijia Luo | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Çağıl Harmandar | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Wen Pang | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Amane Oda | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Yuki Maehata | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Haruka Shimizu | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Shiika Okada | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Akari Higo | Color Designer |
| Sound | Sacha Ratcliffe | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Pierre-Yves Drapeau | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Sacha Ratcliffe | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Andrew Sisk | Musician |
| Sound | J. L. Réginald Bonga | Musician |
| Sound | Karla Baumgardner | Foley |
| Sound | Lauren Falvo | Assistant Foley Artist |
| Sound | Geoff Mitchell | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Jean-Paul Vialard | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Serge Verreault | Online Editor |
| Production | Emmanuel-Alain Raynal | Producer |
| Production | Pierre Baussaron | Producer |
| Production | Robert McLaughlin | Producer |
| Production | Jelena Popović | Producer |
| Production | Michael Fukushima | Producer |
| Production | Nobuaki Doi | Producer |
| Production | Nadine Viau | Publicist |
| Production | Dominique Forget | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Victoria Angell | Administration |
| Production | Rosalina Di Sario | Administration |
| Crew | Camille Fillion | Manager of Operations |
| Crew | Luc Binette | Technical Supervisor |
| Crew | Éloi Champagne | Technical Advisor |
| Production | David Dos Santos | Accountant |
| Production | Pierre Boivin | Production Manager |
| Production | Félix Régnier | Production Manager |
| Production | Constance Le Scouarnec | Production Manager |
| Production | Emilie Coppier | Production Manager |
| Production | Tanguy Olivier | Line Producer |
| Production | Carole Faure | Line Producer |
| Production | Laetitia Seguin | Line Producer |
| Art | Mélanie Bouchard | Graphic Designer |