The Red Turtle
| The Red Turtle | |
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| Directed by | Michaël Dudok de Wit |
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Michaël Dudok de Wit Pascale Ferran |
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France Japan |
The Red Turtle is an upcoming French-Japanese animated film directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit. It tells the story of a man who tries to escape from a desert island and battles a giant turtle. The film is without dialogue. It is the director's first feature film.
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.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 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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