Agency:.Produced by Studio GDS in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and Radio Télévision Suisse with the financial participation of the Office Fédéral de la Culture, the Fonds Regio Films, Loterie Romande, Succès cinema, Succès Passage Antenne and Ville de Genève. Agency - French program:.Animation and Youth Studio.

Music recording, Yvan Bing ; sound design, Olivier Calvert ; direction, Georges Schwizgebel ; production, Marc Bertrand, René Chénier, Georges Schwizgebel ; foley, Lise Wedlock ; re-recording, Jean Paul Vialard.

Recorded 2011.

Two strangers, a man and a woman, sit beside each other on an airplane. After takeoff, the plane goes through some turbulence - and, influenced by the unknown, the man's spirit plunges into a different world. Here, his desires take control, and the result is a grand romantic saga. In this animated film, director Georges Schwizgebel masterfully sweeps us into another world through music and movement, breaking down the boundaries between desire and reality. Set to the music of the second movement of Rachmaninoff's Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19, the film transorts us into the traveller's labyrinthine thoughts. Animated with pencil, pastels and acrylics, and underpinned by the musical dialogue between piano and cello, Romance is a dazzling visual transcription of this Rachmaninoff scherzo.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Jury Special Prize in Short Film Category of Golden Dinosaur Award, 2011 Jury's Special Mention, 2012 Best Short Film - with a cash prize of $4,000 BRL, 2011 Best Animated Short, 2012

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).