Exclu : regardez la bande-annonce de “La Tortue rouge”, co-produit par le studio Ghibli. Except that each time, a hidden underwater creature keeps thwarting his escape. Soon we learn that the assailant is the red turtle of the film’s title, and, just as our hero manages to attack it, leaving the giant turtle to die on the beach, it suddenly undergoes a rather unexpected transformation. That’s definitely the biggest surprise in Dudok de Wit’s otherwise straightforward tale, which goes on to imagine the harmonious existence of the man, and now a mysterious woman, who live on the island like the two lovebirds in The Blue Lagoon — or else like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Most of the film’s latter half depicts a placidly simple lifestyle that's only beset by a few hurdles — including a tsunami rendered in harrowingly realistic fashion — as time carries on and the couple creates a universal human experience in their own tropical paradise. While the plot can sometimes feel too lightweight for feature length, with a score by composer Laurent Perez del Mar (Now or Never) that tends to overdo it on the gushy side, The Red Turtle benefits from the beautiful animation work of Dudok de Wit and his team, which includes Takahata (The Tale of Princess Kaguya) as creative producer and Jean- Christophe Lie (The Triplets of Belleville) as supervising animator. The Dutch- born director has always been inspired by classic ink and watercolor illustrations from China and Japan — his 1.
News & Interviews for The Red Turtle (La tortue rouge) Toronto Film Critics: The Stairs Is Best Canadian Film. Awards Leaderboard: Top Movies of 2016. Un film de Michael Dudok de Wit. Oscar- nominated short, The Monk and the Fish, is a perfect example — and here he manages to bring those drawings to life, in a fable that takes on the calm and organic aesthetic of a seaside reverie. If the lack of a busy Hollywood- style storyline may frustrate some viewers, except perhaps for the youngest ones, then they probably don’t get the point. Like The Red Turtle’s shipwrecked protagonist, you have to simply stop fighting the current and go with the flow. Venue: Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard)Production companies: Wild Bunch, Studio Ghibli, Why Not Productions, CN4 Productions, Arte France Cinema, Belvision. Director- graphic creation: Michael Dudok de Wit. Screenwriters: Pascale Ferran, Michael Dudok de Wit. Editor: Celine Kelepikis. Composer: Laurent Perez del Mar. Animation: Jean- Christophe Lie. Creative producer: Isao Takahata. La Tortue Rouge DownloadLa Tortue Rouge SoundtrackSales: Wild Bunch. Not rated, 8. 0 minutes.
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