Once Upon a Time...Life (Il était une fois... la vie)

A popular French animated series (translated into English too) exploring how the body works (life science). The series usually featured a different organ or system each week e.g. the skin, circulatory system, immune system.

Maestro, a bearded old man, ran the brain... red blood cells ran little bubbles of oxygen to the muscles... the white blood cells were comprised of foot patrol "policemen" and marshalls in small flying craft.

The series makes use of recurring characters. The lead white blood cell characters resemble two of the humans whose bodies are explored throughout the series. The lead red blood cell characters resemble the two other main human bodies that are explored. The "bad guy" humans bear a strong resemblane to the virus and bacteria cells that sometimes attack the body.

The series combined entertaining story lines with an enormous amount of factual information.


Video Codec: XVID
Video Bitrate: 1486 kbps
Video Resolution: 560x704 (height x width)
Video Aspect Ratio: 5x6 (1:1,26)
Audio Codec: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3)
Audio BitRate: 128 kbps
Audio Streams: 4
RunTime Per Part: 25 min 16,48 s (37912 Frames)
Part Size: 365,13 MB