Gabriel Yared has been hired to score the upcoming animated feature Dilili in Paris (Dilili à Paris). The film is written and directed by Michel Ocelot (Kirikou and the Wild Beasts, Tales of the Night) and follows a young Kanak who investigates a spate of mysterious kidnappings of young girls that is plaguing Belle Epoque Paris and encounters a series of extraordinary characters in the course of her investigation. Christophe Rossignon (Love Me If You Dare, Joyeux Noel) and Philip Boeffard (Mon garçon, The Measure of a Man) are producing the project. Yared has previously collaborated with Ocelot on 2006’s Azur & Asmar. Dilili in Paris is expected to premiere in 2018.
Yared’s other upcoming projects also include Xavier Dolan’s The Life and Death of John F. Donovan and Rupert Everett’s The Happy Prince. He also recently scored the French drama If You See His Heart, which premiered last month at the Toronto Film Festival and will be released in 2018.
