SAVAGES

A LOVELY ANIMATED ECOLOGICAL FABLE TO SAVE THE RAINFOREST

Eleven-year-old Kéria res­cues a baby oran­gut­an with her father at his work­place, a palm oil plan­ta­ti­on. At the same time, her cou­sin Selaï comes to stay with them becau­se a lar­ge com­pa­ny wants to des­troy his family’s habi­tat for palm oil. Stylish Kéria is initi­al­ly embar­ras­sed by her indi­ge­nous rela­ti­ve, but after she gets lost in the neigh­bor­ing jungle in search of a runa­way baby mon­key, he helps her and tog­e­ther they find his and Kéria’s fami­ly in the jungle. Kéria dis­co­vers her roots and finds hers­elf in the midd­le of a con­flict with big busi­ness. An impres­si­ve stop-moti­on film with gre­at atten­ti­on to detail that aims to sen­si­ti­ze all age groups to crea­te a world in which the­re is more jus­ti­ce and less des­truc­tion of nature.