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Taxandria

AdventureFantasy

"Discover the masterpiece of Raoul Servais"

Duration

1h 22m

Release

21 Feb 1996

Country

United States

Language

English

Overview

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.

Plot

A young prince is taken for tuition at a seaside hotel but quickly bores and wanders off to visit a nearby lighthouse. Befriended by the keeper, he learns of a secret world he can see inside the light of the lamp: the world of Tax...

Cast

Armin Mueller-StahlElliott SpiersKatja Studt

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 6.4/10

Details

Director

Raoul Servais

Writers

Frank DanielRaoul ServaisAlain Robbe-Grillet

Awards

4 wins & 3 nominations
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