http://www.renaissance-movie.com/ the site itself is nice as well
original french site http://www.renaissance-lefilm.com/accueil.htm
trailer: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/180941893 ... 130-169744
DVD Release Date:
Monday, 27 November 2006
Director:Christian Volckman
Cast:(English voices) Daniel Craig, Romola Garai, Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm, Catherine McCormack
Paris, 2054. When Ilona Tassueiv (Garai) is kidnapped, her employer, Avalon, a giant multinational, want her found at any cost. The gendarmarie sent in Bartholomew Karas (Craig), a specialist in hostage retrieval and the most controversial cop on the force, at the request of Dellenbach (Pryce), Avalon’s CEO. Karas digs up links between Ilona, who was one of Avalon’s star researcher, and the disgraced scientist Jonas Muller (Holm). As Ilona’s mentor, he encouraged her research; she was particularly interested in Progeria, diseases of premature aging in children.
Going to Ilona’s apartment to search for clues, Karas meets Bislane, Ilona’s beautiful older sister. Bislane is the opposite of Ilona, living on the wrong side of the tracks and at home in Karas’ world. The two begin a romance, but Bislane is following clues of her own – on the night Ilona was kidnapped she visited Dmitri, a Russian drug dealer and friend of Bislane’s. Meanwhile, as Karas gets closer to the truth, people around him start dying; mysterious assassins follow him, and he realises that not just Ilona, but the future of humanity itself may be at stake.
Renaissance is set in a futurescape familiar from Minority Report and a thousand other sci-fi films. Advertising is everywhere, and most of it focuses on the eternal quest for youth – the ubiquitous Avalon Corporation being at the head of this search, Its never really made clear what Avalon does or sells, it just is. Juxtaposed with this future landscape is the classic Chandleresque detective; Karas, like Deckard in Blade Runner, is the only man for the job, the outsider, in this labyrinthine urban jungle. The story exploits classic film noir elements but gives them a modern visual style.
The French team of animators have used motion capture and computer animation to create a quirky 3D world; it’s a stylish and unique view of future Paris.
another desription:
In 2054, Paris is a labyrinth where all movement is monitored and recorded. Cut off from the world for its own protection, the city has nonetheless continued to expand. Now, 21st century skyscrapers overlay centuries-old architectural masterpieces. And below street level, a sophisticated network of streamlined plazas push up against the city's ancient, deteriorating tunnel systems. Casting a shadow over everything is the city's largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export--eternal youth and beauty. When 22-year-old Ilona (Romola Garai), one of Avalon's most promising scientists, is abruptly kidnapped, Avaloncalls on Barthélémy Karas, a Paris cop with a hard-fought reputation for finding anyone, no matterwhat sacrifices he has to make along the way. As the trail gets hot, Karas senses he's not the only one looking for thebeautiful enigma, and every witness he digs up seems to turn up dead. To find Ilona and unlock the secrets of her disappearance, Karas must plunge deep into the parallel worlds of corporate espionage, organized crime and genetic research where the truth imprisons whoever finds it first and miracles can either save the world, or end it.
