The Apostle

The Musée-Château is pleased to present The Apostle to celebrate 10 years since it was released, as well as the acquisition of a panoply of marionettes and accessories from the actual film into the animation film collections!

Self-taught animator, in 2007 Fernando Cortizo began creating his first animation feature film, The Apostle. Released in 2012, this ambitious stop-motion animation film was selected and won at numerous international festivals and most notably won the Audience Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (2013).

The Apostle mixes mystery, adventure, terror, humour and fantasy. The story of a prisoner, Ramon, who escapes from prison and goes in search of hidden loot in a remote village in the mountains near the Camino de Santiago. This village and its inhabitants are struck by a curse dating back over 600 years ago and Ramon gets himself caught in the curse.

This Spanish film aimed at teens and adults, gets its inspiration from Galician legends and folklore. Originally from Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, Fernando Cortizo expresses some of his childhood universe and the magical dimension he associates with this area.

A must-see screening!

Original version with French subtitles