Coulais, Bruno

Coraline ( Visual )
7 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and Spanish and held by 1,826 libraries worldwide
A young girl walks through a secret door that she has found in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life, but much better. When her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents, including the Other Mother, try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home - and save her family.

Winged migration ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in English and Spanish and held by 1,752 libraries worldwide
Follows bird migrations flying over the seven continents: from one pole to the other, from the seas to snowcapped mountains, from the canopy of heaven to mangroves and swamps.

The chorus Les choristes ( Visual )
16 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 1,028 libraries worldwide
Unemployed music teacher Clement Mathieu becomes the supervisor at a boarding school for the rehabilitation of minors. Dismayed by the repressive administration, he works to positively transform the students' lives through music.

Oceans ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2010 in French and English and held by 981 libraries worldwide
Features an exhilarating look under the sea through the eyes of those that live there. Incredible state-of-the-art-underwater filmmaking will take viewers breath away as they migrate with whales, swim alongside a great white shark, and race with dolphins at play. Includes first-ever images of elusive deepwater creatures, featurettes, music video, filmmaker annotations, and more.

Himalaya ( Visual )
6 editions published between 2000 and 2004 in Tibetan and German and held by 638 libraries worldwide
The story of a generational struggle for the leadership of a tiny mountain village between its proud old chief and a headstrong young caravanner. The balance of power shifts uneasily as they make their annual salt trek across the Himalayas.

MicroCosmos le peuple de l'herbe ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1996 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 634 libraries worldwide
A wordless close-up view of a variety of insects as they hatch from eggs, search for food and cope with a rain storm. Ants race to gather food as a pheasant gobbles them up, while a dung beetle moves his prize up hill and down. Makes use of timelapse and microphotographic techniques.

Le comte de Monte Cristo ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1999 and 2005 in French and held by 522 libraries worldwide
Tells the dramatic story of Edmond Dantes, a young French sailor who is falsely denounced as a political traitor and unjustly imprisoned for eighteen years without trial. After a daring escape, Dantes flees to the island of Monte Cristo, where he finds a colossal treasure bequeathed to him by a dying fellow inmate. Using these riches, he assumes a new identity and devises a plan of vengeance upon all those who betrayed him.

Genesis ( Visual )
4 editions published in 2005 in French and English and held by 347 libraries worldwide
A meditation on the origin of life on earth conveyed via fable and close-up cinematography featuring a variety of life forms.

The boy who wanted to be a bear ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 319 libraries worldwide
A mother bear's cub dies in the Artic wild, and her mate steals a human boy to be their son. The mother bear loves the child more with each passing day, and he grows as wild and free as the strongest bear. When the boy's human father arrives to take him back, the child must choose his own destiny. Can her return to the life of humankind, or will his heart forever be the heart of a beast?

The chorus original music from the motion picture = Les choristes by Bruno Coulais ( Recording )
19 editions published between 2004 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 270 libraries worldwide