The Red Turtle
| The Red Turtle | |
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 French film poster | |
| Directed by | Michaël Dudok de Wit |
| Produced by | Toshio Suzuki |
| Written by |
Michaël Dudok de Wit Pascale Ferran |
Production company |
Wild Bunch Studio Ghibli Why Not Productions Belvision Arte France Cinema CN4 Productions Prima Linea Productions |
| Distributed by |
Wild Bunch (France) Toho (Japan) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country |
France Japan |
The Red Turtle (French: La Tortue rouge) is an upcoming French-Japanese 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 desert island and battles a giant turtle. The film has no dialogue. It has been selected to be premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2] It is scheduled for release in Japan in September 2016.[3]
Production
The film was produced by Why Not Productions and Wild Bunch in association with Studio Ghibli. 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.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "2016 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup". IndieWire. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "Cannes 2016: Film Festival Unveils Official Selection Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "Studio Ghibli Co-Produced Film The Red Turtle Opens Next September". Anime News Network. December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
- ↑ Père, Olivier (2014-02-18). "Arte France Cinéma coproduit The Red Turtle, premier long métrage d’animation de Michael Dudok de Wit". arte.tv (in French). Arte. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
- ↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (2015-04-24). "Wild Bunch unveils first titles on Cannes slate". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
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