Phantom Boy — U.S. Teaser Trailer

added: Thu, Jun 2nd '16

From the makers of the Oscar-nominated French animated film "A Cat in Paris" comes a new delightful adventure tale about a boy with a special supernatural power.

Check out the U.S. teaser trailer for "Phantom Boy," directed by French animated filmmakers Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol.

With a nod to classic American gangster films and comic strips of the '40s and '50s, the old-school animated movie is set in New York City and tells the fantastical story of an 11-year-old hospitalized boy who is able to leave his physical body and float around the city as some kind of a living ghost. But when the city is threatened by a villainous mobster, 'Phantom Boy' must team up with a recuperating detective and an intrepid reporter to save the day.

"Phantom Boy," which premiered to strong reviews at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, will make its way to the States this summer, opening in select theaters on July 15th.

synopsis:
GKIDS presents PHANTOM BOY, the stylish new noir caper from the Academy Award-nominated directors of A CAT IN PARIS, set in the shadowy alleyways of New York.

Leo has a secret. A mysterious illness has transformed him into a phantom boy, able to leave the confines of his body and explore the city as a ghostly apparition. While in the hospital, he befriends Alex, a New York City cop injured while attempting to capture a nefarious gangster who has taken control of the city's power supply, throwing the metropolis into chaos. Now they must form an extraordinary duo, using Leo's phantom powers and Alex's detective work to foil the plot and save New York from destruction. Phantom Boy continues Gagnol and Felicioli’s fascination with animated film noir, in a heart-thumping adventure that pushes their trademark visual style to literal new heights, as Leo swoops and soars above the greatest skyline in the world.

Phantom Boy — U.S. Teaser Trailer

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