The Red Turtle (2016)

Original title

La tortue rouge

Directed by

Michaël Dudok de Wit

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

France, Belgium, Japan

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 1,380 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is stranded alone on a deserted island. He tries to leave but a large red turtle keeps getting in the way.

wordlessserenecontemplativevisually poeticmysterioussolemnslow-paceddreamlike

What happens

The Red Turtle is a 2016 animated fantasy drama film directed by Dutch animator Michaël Dudok de Wit who co-wrote the film with French screenwriter Pascale Ferran. The film is an international co-production between Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli and several French companies, including Wild Bunch and Belvision. The film, which has no dialogue, tells the story of a man who becomes shipwrecked on an uninhabited island where his attempts at escape are repeatedly thwarted by a red turtle. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 69th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2016. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 89th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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