Thursday, 26 October 2017, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
2016, France | Belgium | Japan, 80 minutes, (PG)
Director – Michael Dudok de Wit
A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island. He is desperate to escape until one day he meets a strange, giant red turtle and begins a friendship that will change his life. Exquisite wordless animation from Studio Ghibli.
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IMDb – The Red Turtle (La tortue rouge)
Rotten Tomatoes – The Red Turtle (La tortue rouge)
AUDIENCE SOCRE: 79%
Votes as follows
Excellent 21
Very Good 13
Good 6
Average 1
Poor 2
COMMENTS:
- A simple story realised with such beauty and an emotive and heart-wrenching score
- Was a bit long but I liked the crabs
- A sweet tale – almost believed in the cartoons
- Really enjoyed the Welsh short films – Turtle – confused – will have to think about it
- Too many adverts
- Haunting music and a charming tale with reminiscences of ‘Castaway’ and ‘Water Babies’ excellent animation
- Don’t recommend
- Simplicity at its best beautiful wordless film the 3 shorts were also outstanding – excellent evening
- Beautiful gentle and absorbing. Very pleased my wife made me watch it
- Moving, mysterious and magical
- Beautiful images – but hopeless storyline
- Beautiful animation (of course) loved the music. Another excellent choice
- Wonderful animation and story- a beautiful film – enjoyed the short films too
- Absolutely enchanting – lots of tears shed
- The grainy, lush animation style is so lovely to rest your eyes on! What a heart warming and lovely story about mankind/womankind and nature. Than you for showing this
- The short films were brilliant
- Gorgeous, detailed and captivating