According to Raphaël Bassan , in his article « '' L'Ange '' : Un météore dans le ciel de l'animation , » Patrick Bokanowski 's film , along with Piotr Kamler 's film '' Chronopolis '' , both having premiered in 1982 at the Cannes Film Festival , can be considered the beginnings of contemporary animation . This remark is based on the technical means and the visual or philosophical sense employed by Patrick Bokanowski . The masks erase all human personality in the characters . Patrick Bokanowski would thus have total control over the " matter " of the image and its optical composition . This is especially noticeable throughout the film , with images taken through distorted objectives or a plastic work on the sets and costumes , for example in the scene of the designer
Cannes Film Festival
1982 Cannes Film Festival
The Angel (1982 film)