The Red Turtle

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Animation A shipwrecked sailor is stranded on an island with a bamboo forest, a spring anda few fruit trees – just enough to survive on. The man builds a raft and undertakes several attempts to escape, but is stopped every time by a red turtle that destroys his boat. Only when the animal comes ashore to lay its eggs, can the man turn it on its back – his chance to escape. But the turtle is a magical creature. Out of its shell slips a woman who from now on accompanies the man in his struggle for survival, without either of them ever speaking. Michael Dudok de Wit has brought his story to life with minimal, hand-drawn pictures that are reminiscent of Ghibli, the legendary Japanese animation studio.

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