Support The Weakling
- Studio
- Millimages, Cine Cartoon, France 3, ZDF, ZDF Enterprises, ORF
- Animation studio
- Novanim
- Distributor
- Millimages, France Television
Synopsis
Troy Chunk, a renowned tough guy, arrives at school. Everyone is frightened of him... Poor Dick makes a serious of blunders, which serve to make Troy look ridiculous. Matters come to a head, and Tim and Dick agree to fight a duel at dawn. Talis, defender of the weak, tries to give Dick some fencing lessons, but Dick is anything but combative, and his chances of survival start looking very slim...
Characters
Talis, Merlin, Gumbo, Serge, Liz
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Eric Gutierrez, Frédéric Mege
Writing
- Writer
- Isabeau Merle
Crew
- Creator
- Jonathan Peelv
- Design
- Sasha Bubnov
Production notes
Budgeted at about $7 million.
Talis, a knave who aspires to be a knight, is unwittingly catapulted through the warps of time from the Dark Ages to the 21st century. Mistaken for a foreign exchange student, he resides in the suburban home of the Field family. He tries hard to follow his quest, which is to fulfil the thousand tasks set for him by Merlin. When the tasks are completed, Talis will qualify for a knighthood at the Arthurian Round Table. His unpredictable and eccentric reactions to a modern world he does not comprehend cause surprise and confusion to those around him.
Talis, a knave who aspires to be a knight, is unwittingly catapulted through the warps of time from the Dark Ages to the 21st century. Mistaken for a foreign exchange student, he resides in the suburban home of the Field family. He tries hard to follow his quest, which is to fulfil the thousand tasks set for him by Merlin. When the tasks are completed, Talis will qualify for a knighthood at the Arthurian Round Table. His unpredictable and eccentric reactions to a modern world he does not comprehend cause surprise and confusion to those around him.