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Arco

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The spirits of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli run clear and deep in this limpid, hand-drawn animated feature from French comic book artist and illustrator Ugo Bienvenu. Set in the year 2075, technology has eclipsed a natural world afflicted by environmental crises. Yet, this is not the dystopian sci-fi we might expect. Iris is a young girl predominantly raised by a live-in robot, Mikki. Chasing a rainbow through the woods, she comes across Arco, a boy who’s stolen a time-travelling suit from his scientist parents and crash-landed in Iris’s time. Can Iris help him get back to the future?

Three things stand out above all in Bienvenu’s film: its unsentimental yet hopeful vision; the director’s love of bold primary colours (especially in Arco’s rainbow suit); and Arnaud Toulon’s sweeping, emotional score. This is a sweet, futuristic fantasy.

 

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Director
Cast

Natalie Portman, Alma Jodorowsky, Swann Arlaud, Vincent Macaigne, Louis Garrel

Credits
Country of Origin

France

Year

2025

Language

English

Film Contact
18+
88 min
Action & Suspense Animation
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma

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Credits & Director

Executive Producer

Audrey Tondre

Producer

Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman, Ugo Bienvenu

Screenwriter

Félix de Givry, Ugo Bienvenu

Cinematography

Ugo Bienvenu

ANIM

Adam Sillard

Editor

Nathan Jacquard

Production Design

Fabio Besse

Ugo Bienvenu headshot

Ugo Bienvenu

Filmography: Maman (2013); L’entretien (2019)

Photo by Remembers – MountainA

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