SAVAGES
SAVAGES
Sauvages! CH/FR/BE 2024. D: Claude Barras. S: Catherine Paillé, Claude Barras. 80 min. Animated film. Original version with English subtitles and German live voice-over. Released from age 6. Recommended from age 8.
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.
Opening film of the 47th LUCAS Film Festival
Dates and Movie Tickets
SA, Oct. 5 | 1 p.m. | DFF Cinema
TU, Oct. 8 | 8:45 a.m. | Cinéma
Claude Barras
Biography
Claude Barras is a Swiss director and producer. He studied at the École Émile Cohl, the Lulière University in Lyon and the Lausanne School of Art. After a series of short films, he made his first feature film MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI in 2013, the screenplay for which he co-wrote with French filmmaker Céline Sciamma.
Filmography (Selection)
2016 MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI
2012 CHAMBRE 69 (short film)
2009 LAND OF THE HEADS (short film)
Production companies
Nadasdy Film
Panique!
World sales
Goodfellas