The Red Turtle
If one day Studio Ghibli decides to produce an animator from outside the studio, it will be him, was Miyazakis pronouncement after watching Dudok de Wits Oscar-winning animated short Father and Daughter, Sixteen years after Father and Daughter, Studio Ghibli and Dudok de Wits collaboration has come into being. It begins in the middle of a storm. Grey waves and raindrops engulf the screen. In the corner, a tiny head surfaces and then sinks. The nameless man is washed up on a beach with bits of his broken boat. A crab crawls up his leg. When he goes to explore, the view pulls right back so all we see is a remote island while his cries ring out. His only company is a cast of crabs (such an apt collective noun!). Several times he tries to escape with a makeshift bamboo raft, but each time a mysterious force in the water breaks up his boat. Eventually he discovers his secretive aggressor: the titular red turtle.
Year: 2016
Genre: Family Animation, Cult Animation, French Cinema, Fantasy Films, Japanese Cinema, Studio Ghibli, Film Festivals 2016, Theo's Favourites
Country: Belgium, France, Japan
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit
Duration: 80 Minutes
Rating: PG
7.5/10
Location in store: Anime (Studio Ghibli)
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