Taxandria (film)

Taxandria 1994 is a partially animated fantasy film by Raoul Servais, based on a book by French writer Alain RobbeGrillet, and starring, among others, Armin MuellerStahl. Being Servaiss first and to date only feature film, Taxandria is notable for the use of Servaiss distinct animation style, the servaisgraphie, as well as its connection to the Belgian graphic novel series Les Cits Obscures whose creator Franois Schuiten was the films production designer.

As a failed scientific experiment in the past accidentally removed Taxandria from its home planet a disaster now recalled by the citizens of Taxandria as the Great Cataclysm, all science, progress, and measure of time are outlawed as a consequence, whereas the Perennial Present reigns supreme. The land is ruled by two conjoined princes, always hidden behind a curtain, and their police force who insure that everyone there lives in the Perennial Present, as it is illegal to discuss the past or future. The police is headed by this worlds evil counterpart of the benevolent lighthouse keeper a double role for actor Armin MuellerStahl, communicating the will and orders of the mute Two Princes, making him the effective ruler of Taxandria.While at first Taxandria seems a magical, wonderful place, Jan soon sees the darker side of this strange world. The people are not happy living only in the present it is repressive. Soon he sees that many suffer from extreme paranoia. Aim Elliott Spiers, the son of the evil Head of Police, seems to be a catalyst for change in Taxandria, as he is obsessed with making new inventions and learning about the countrys past. Later, Aim falls in love with Princess Aile who is trying to free herself from the paradisaical confines of the Garden of Mirth, where women are kept away from men, and discovers the secret of his father that made him Taxandrias effective ruler while being the Head of Police, as well as the true nature of the Two Princes. ........

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