Le dernier chaperon rouge

Here is an extraordinary garden where the boletus mushrooms, the chanterelle mushrooms, the death-cup mushrooms, rabbits and brambles dance and sing to music coming from nowhere. But in this garden there is also a rocket underground in which a crooked-legged old dancer regains the grace she once had. The little red riding hoods are the unwitting providers of healthy legs. By the orders of a witch, they have all been made to disappear by a monster surgeon. All except one, the last little red riding hood, who is lusted after by the big bad wolf, who is definitely not going to have this desirable bit of loot stolen from him.

Jan Kounen's style really shines in this short. The warm colors, the perfectly implemented CGI, the costumes, it's all beautiful. You fall in love with the chaperon rouge (little red riding hood)and her surroundings immediately. Her world stands in strong contrast to the evil undergound laboratory where another chaperon rouge resides. The latter lost her legs when an evil professor cut her to pieces. She survived, killed the professor, but inherited his evilness. She wants to steal the last riding hood's legs so she can dance like she did long ago. A modern fairy tale with a lot of visual flair.