Synopsis
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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Cast
- Gérard HernandezMaster Taj (voice)
- Jean ValmontAdult Terr / Narrator (voice)
- Jennifer DrakeTiwa (voice)
- Yves BarsacqOm (voice)
- Jeanine ForneyTerr's Bride (voice)
- Éric BauginYoung Terr (voice)
- Jean TopartMaster Sinh (voice)
- William CorynTeenager Terr (voice)
- Sylvie LenoirAdditional Voices (voice)
- Philippe OgouzAdditional Voices (voice)
Recommandations
- 88
Portland Oregonian
Thirty-five years later, Rene Laloux's surreal animated film remains a singular psychedelic experience. For the uninitiated, think Yellow Submarine but way more arty, trippy and funky. Highly recommended. - 83
The A.V. Club
Fantastic Planet uses an accessible medium to show the evils of propaganda and express the need for individuality. Laloux's vision of a Dali-meets-Krazy Kat alien landscape populated by twisted creatures is quite striking, even if the film's psychedelic elements haven't exactly aged well. - 80
Village Voice
Although the visuals are worth the ticket alone, Fantastic Planet also crackles with emotional and political resonance. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Eerie, surreal and a welcome respite from Disney-style animation, this French sci-fi allegory may not offer any mind-blowing insights (genocide is bad isn't exactly a new thought), but it's a trip. - 75
Slant Magazine
Fantastic Planet’s blend of straightforward, almost elementary storytelling (any missing context is filled in via a voiceover by Jean Valmont as the adult Terr) with heady themes and eroticized imagery marks the film as a relic of an era with much looser standards around the dichotomy of the children’s film and the adult drama. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Between the funky Alain Goraguer soundtrack, the sexy outfits, the surreal landscapes and the heavily metaphorical plot, the film still looks and sounds unlike anything else, either in animation or in sci-fi. [21 Jun 2016, p.C3] - 75
Christian Science Monitor
Set in an exotic world inhabited by humanoids of wildly different sizes, the fantasy reflects the interest of director Laloux and designer Roland Topor in surrealistic art. [24 Dec 1999, p.B6] - 70
The New York Times
This is highly engrossing science-fiction, a French-Czechoslovak co-production in animation.
