Film
The Red Turtle

La Tortue Rouge


Saturday, February 3, 2018
2:00pm
Recommended for ages 8+
FIAF Florence Gould Hall



Screening introduced by director Michael Dudok de Wit

Dir. Michael Dudok de Wit, 2016. 80 min. Color.
DCP. No dialogue. 

After washing ashore on a desert island, a shipwrecked man is prevented from leaving by a mysterious red turtle. He attacks the turtle and leaves it to die, only to see it reappear as a woman. Told entirely without words, in a breathtaking flow of hand-drawn and digital animation, The Red Turtle is a powerful metaphor for life on earth and a stirring tribute to the natural world. This landmark work of contemporary animation is the fruit of a rare collaboration between the Japanese masters at Studio Ghibli, French powerhouse Wild Bunch, and Academy Award-winning animator Michael Dudok De Wit.

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