The film from the beginning is not the real world; it's an imaginary world. And this imaginary world is both inside and outside the normal world.

I'm very interested in talking about children in this moment where you are going to become a teenager, and I think it's very relevant to use a fairy tale to talk about that.

When I was a child, I had a quiet, protected childhood.

I try to simplify things for the children.

I don't have storyboards, but I have some very strict rules, like not moving the camera.

The film from the beginning is not the real world; it's an imaginary world. And this imaginary world is both inside and outside the normal world.

I used to live in a little city by the sea, and the feeling of isolation - it was not like living in Paris or London. It was a bit apart from the main city, and [it gave me] this feeling of isolation and also being close to nature, with nature as a surrounding and also a frontier, from the society of the world.