
The Red Turtle
The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.

The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.
A poignant, wordless tale of a man shipwrecked on a desert island, it boasts a sublime simplicity that unifies its complex elements into a ... But at the Cannes film festival last year, a new pearl was unveiled proudly bearing the world’s…
The Red Turtle. Photograph: Allstar/Sony Pictures Classics. Animation in film. This article is more than 9 years old. Review.Jointly made by Japan’s Studio Ghibli and European backers, it is like a zen variation on Robinson Crusoe. A man…
“The Red Turtle” begins as a “Robinson Crusoe”-style man vs. nature-style narrative, a mode that viewers should be comfortable and/or familiar with. You know this story: a man arrives on an island and must, through sheer force of…