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Fantastic Planet

Fantastic Planet

Animation · Science Fiction · 1973

On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignorant animals. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain Draag children; those who live hidden in the hostile wilderness of the planet are periodically hunted and ruthlessly slaughtered as if they were vermin.

Movie details

Fantastic Planet

“A sublime trip to a fine new world!”

1973 Animation · Science Fiction 1h 12m

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7.6 / 10

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On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignorant animals. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain Draag children; those who live hidden in the hostile wilderness of the planet are periodically hunted and ruthlessly slaughtered as if they were vermin.

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Directed by

René Laloux

Written by

Roland Topor · René Laloux

Gérard Hernandez

Gérard Hernandez

Master Taj (voice)

Jean Valmont

Jean Valmont

Adult Terr / Narrator (voice)

Jennifer Drake

Jennifer Drake

Tiwa (voice)

Yves Barsacq

Yves Barsacq

Om (voice)

J

Jeanine Forney

Terr's Bride (voice)

É

Éric Baugin

Young Terr (voice)

Jean Topart

Jean Topart

Master Sinh (voice)

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The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.