Have you seen this hidden gem? Or do you have another piece of underrated European animation to recommend? Let me know in the comments.

Available to stream on Amazon Prime, Tubi, and Kanji. Watch it in French with subtitles for the full effect—Marion Cotillard’s voice acting is superb.

This isn't your typical steampunk fantasy of gleaming brass goggles. This is dieselpunk noir —grimy, desperate, and filled with the melancholic realization that progress has died. Our hero, Avril (voiced by Marion Cotillard in the French dub), is the granddaughter of the missing scientist. Orphaned and on the run from the secret police, she lives a feral existence in the catacombs of Paris with her cat (Darwin, who can talk thanks to a family serum) and her grandfather’s last secret: a powerful fuel source.