Cheatin'
Foreign title: Les Amants électriques (French)
- Studio
- Bill Plympton Studios, Plymptoons
Synopsis
In a fateful bumper car collision, Jake and Ella meet and become the most loving couple in the long history of Romance. But when a scheming “other” woman drives a wedge of jealousy into their perfect courtship, insecurity and hatred spell out an untimely fate. With only the help of a disgraced magician and his forbidden “soul machine”, Ella takes the form of Jake's numerous lovers, desperately fighting through malfunction and deceit as they try to reclaim their destiny.
Characters
Jake, Ella
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Bill Plympton
Producing
- Producer
- Bill Plympton, Sandrine Plympton, James Hancock
Writing
- Writer
- Bill Plympton
Animation
- Animator
- Bill Plympton
Music
- Music
- Nicole Renaud
Editing
- Editor
- Kevin Palmer
Crew
- Production
- Bill Plympton, Plymptoons, Desiree Stavracos, James Hancock
- Artistic Direction
- Lindsay Woods
- Script
- Bill Plympton
- Layouts
- Bill Plympton
- Storyboard
- Bill Plympton
- Animation
- Bill Plympton
- Compositing
- Maryam Hajouni, Diana Chao, Sandrine Plympton, Lindsay Woods, Desiree Stavracos
- Music
- Nicole Renaud
- Sound
- Weston Fonger
- Editing
- Kevin Palmer
Production notes
Animated feature funded through Kickstarter from December of 2012 to February of 2013. Over $100,000 was raised.
Selected as a film in competition at the 2014 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Selected as a film in competition at the 2014 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Awards
Winner, Jury Award for a Feature Film, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, 2014
