The Inventor

The Inventor follows Leonardo da Vinci as he leaves Italy for the French court, hoping to work without constraints. There he builds flying devices and other machines, studies the human body, and, with the French princess Marguerite, takes on the question of what life ultimately means. The film is a stop-motion animated feature set during the Renaissance.

Jim Capobianco directed and wrote the screenplay, with Pierre-Luc Granjon also directing. It is Capobianco's second directed feature, after Your Friend the Rat (2007), and Granjon's second, after Bonifacio in Summertime (2011). The voice cast includes Stephen Fry as Leonardo, Daisy Ridley as Princess Marguerite, Marion Cotillard as Louise de Savoy, Matt Berry as Pope Leo XI, and Natalie Palamides as Pierre Nepveu and Antonio de Beatis; Capobianco voices the Cardinal of Aragon. It was produced by Capobianco, Adrian Politowski and Robert Rippberger, with 68 crew credited, and made by companies based in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States and France.

Released in September 2023 and running 92 minutes, the film had a budget of 10 million US dollars and took about 2 million US dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 5.8 out of 10 from 907 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6.4 out of 10 from 30 votes.