![]() Now Sfar has adapted the Little Vampire series into a film, Little Vampire ( Petit Vampire), which was released in theaters last year in France, Singapore, Spain, and Australia, and played several genre film festivals, including Sitges and Fantasia, which all translates into this: you may not have seen this film at your local cinema, it may have eluded your consciousness at those busy genre fests, and you might have concluded that it's only for children, but it's not. ![]() Since its first publication, Little Vampire Goes to School became popular and led to sequels, while its author, Joann Sfar, manifested his rich creativity in a series of graphic novels, expanding to live-action films ( Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun) and an animated feature adaptation of his own work, The Rabbi's Cat (2011), co-directed with Antoine Deslevaux, which is marvelous and is now streaming on The Criterion Channel. The problem? He only appeared to be a little boy in truth, he was a vampire. ![]() Nearly 20 years ago, French comic book artist Joann Sfar created the character of a young boy who yearned to go to school but was not permitted to do so. The film arrives on digital September 21 and is now available to pre-order on a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, which will be released October 5, via Shout! Kids and Studio Canal. Children shouldn't play with dead things. ![]()
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