The Red Turtle
The Red Turtle | |
---|---|
File:The Red Turtle.png
Film poster
|
|
Directed by | Michaël Dudok de Wit |
Produced by | Toshio Suzuki[1] Vincent Maraval Pascal Caucheteux Grégoire Sorlat Léon Perahia |
Written by | Michaël Dudok de Wit Pascale Ferran |
Production
company |
Why Not Productions[2]
Wild Bunch Studio Ghibli CN4 Productions Arte France Cinéma Belvision Prima Linea Productions |
Distributed by | Wild Bunch (France) Toho (Japan) |
Release dates
|
<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
|
Running time
|
80 minutes |
Country | France Japan Belgium |
The Red Turtle (French: La Tortue rouge) is a 2016 French-Japanese-Belgian animated film directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit in his feature film debut. The film is a co-production between Wild Bunch and Studio Ghibli, and tells the story of a man who tries to escape from a deserted island and battles a giant turtle. The film has no dialogue.[3] It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[4][5]
Production
The film was co-produced by Wild Bunch and Studio Ghibli in association with Why Not Productions. According to Vincent Maraval, head of Wild Bunch, he visited Studio Ghibli in Japan in 2008 and met with Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki showed him the short film Father and Daughter and asked him to find its director, Michaël Dudok de Wit, with the prospect of co-producing a feature film. Wild Bunch approached Dudok de Wit in London and convinced him to take on the project. The screenplay was written by Dudok de Wit and Pascale Ferran.[6][7]
Release
The film premiered on 18 May at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed in the Un Certain Regard section.[8] On 13 June it will be screened as the opening film of the 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.[9] The regular French release is set to 29 June 2016.[10] It is scheduled for release in Japan in September 2016.[11] In May 2016, it was reported that Sony Pictures Classics had acquired the North and Latin American distribution rights for the film.[12]
Accolades
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cannes Film Festival | 21 May 2016 | Un Certain Regard Special Prize | Michaël Dudok de Wit | Won | [13] |
Prize Un Certain Regard | Nominated |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Pages with broken file links
- 2016 films
- Articles containing French-language text
- 2016 anime films
- 2016 animated films
- 2010s animated films
- 2010s Japanese films
- Films about turtles
- Films set on uninhabited islands
- Films directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit
- Films without speech
- Belgian films
- French films
- Belgian animated films
- French animated films
- Japanese films
- Sony Pictures Classics films
- Studio Ghibli animated films
- Toho films
- Directorial debut films