Tragic Story with Happy Ending (French:Histoire tragique avec fin heureuse) is a 2005 animated short by Regina Pessoa. To make the 7 minute 43 second film, Pessoa's drawings were transferred to glossy paper, brushed with india ink, scratched with a blade to give the effect of an engraving, then photographed. National Film Board of Canada film composer Normand Roger supplied the score for the film.
The film was the second in a trilogy of animated shorts by Pessoa about childhood, between A Noite (1999) and Kali the Little Vampire.
^ Serpa, Ana (1 December 2008). "Regina Pessoa – Happy story with happy ending". UP Magazine (TAP Portugal). Retrieved 7 October 2014.
^ Lumsden, Ian (11 October 2007). "Regina Pessoa "Tragic Story with Happy Ending"". Animation Blog. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
^ Arrant, Chris (15 May 2012). "World Premiere of Andrea Dorfman’s NFB Film “Big Mouth” At Worldwide Short Film Festival". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 7 October 2014.Synopsis
Il y a des gens qui sont différents, malgré eux. Tout ce qu'ils souhaitent c'est ressembler aux autres, se mélanger délicieusement à la foule... Quelques uns passent toute leur vie en essayant d'y arriver, niant ou essayant de cacher leur différence. D'autres l'assument et ainsi s'élèvent, obtenant la place rêvée auprès des autres ... dans leur cœur.
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