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Four talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a music producer who disguises them as humans and reprograms them to forget their true identities and play soulless corporate pop as The Crescendolls. The teams in play are Japan and France. The two collaborators, Daft Punk and Leiji Matsumoto, are French and Japanese respectively. The score, 2 for France and 1 for Japan, indicates how many came from which countries. The number of strings on the various instruments is incorrect. One More Time Vocals by Romanthony (Thomas Bangalter (as T. Bangalter), Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo (as GM de Homem-Christo), Romanthony (as A. Moore)) Lyrics written by Romanthony (as Anthony Moore aka Romanthony) Includes a sample of “More Spell on You”, written and performed by Eddie Johns (uncredited). Courtesy of Labels/Virgin France. “Once again” I will try to spread my love for this film. This movie is magical, the soundtrack is amazing, you feel like you are being lifted into the air, like you are “aerodynamic”. The story may seem quite simple, it is basically a “digital love story” where the hero has to be “harder, better, faster, stronger” to save the woman of his dreams and her music band (the “Crescendolls”) from an evil 1 Saving music producers. Leiji Matsumoto’s animation is so beautiful; for example, the “night view” of the city on Earth (probably inspired by Tokyo) is breathtaking. But the real “superheroes” The main characters of this movie are Daft Punk. These guys understand that good music can lead to high life. They know how to move us and reveal “something about ourselves”. Let them take you on this space trip, whether you are traveling in the “Voyager” shuttle or not, you will find “veridis quo”. It’s a “short circuit” (only 68 minutes, the length of the “Discovery” album), but in the end, when you come “face to face” with yourself, all you can feel is that you want more than you had. It can never be “too long”.