The Puppet Train
A miniature train full of puppets travels through closed stations to bring back travelers who never said goodbye.
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The story
In a puppeteer's workshop, a toy train sets in motion every night. On board, articulated dolls replay the departures that residents missed. A child follows the train under seats, platforms, and kitchens, discovering that the strings pull not bodies but memories.
- Original title
- Le Train des Marionnettes
- Country / region
- France · Belgium
- Genres
- Fantasy · Drama · Comedy
- Language
- French
- Year
- 2030
- Runtime
- 84:00
- Director
- Sabine Faure
Creative process
The director, editor, rights manager, French dialogue publisher and European festival delivery lead, and producer validate creative, legal, and cultural releases.
Narrative development, script polish, casting bible, and rights control led by the human team; Runway Gen-4.5 for main cinematic plates; Google Veo 3.1 Flow for physics, camera cutting, and motion passes; Runway Aleph 2.0 for shot transformations and continuity fixes; finishing with Blender, Houdini, DaVinci Resolve Studio 20, Pro Tools, French proofreading, and C2PA export.
- AI participation (source-declared)
- 75%
- Creative method
- Live action with AI
- Format
- Feature film
- Resolution
- 4K
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
- Frame rate
- 24 fps
- Delivery format
- 4K DCP, ProRes 4444 XQ master, and validation H.265 screener.
- Subtitles
- English · Korean · Japanese · Thai · French · Spanish · German