ÉCHOS D'ANIFILM 2025 | La Planète sauvage + introduction par Jean-Gaspard Páleníček

Revisitez le film culte de science-fiction, produit en France en collaboration avec des animateurs et animatrices tchécoslovaques. En partenariat avec le festival Anifilm, la projection sera introduite par Jean-Gaspard Páleníček, qui a participé à la création du livre L'Odyssée de LA PLANÈTE SAUVAGE de Fabrice Blin et Xavier Kawa-Topor.

Les Draags vivent sur une planète étrange, à l'extravagante végétation. Ils ont recueilli le minuscule peuple des Oms, qu'une catastrophe a chassé de sa lointaine planète. Les adolescents Draags privilégiés ont le droit d'élever des Oms. C'est ainsi que Tina chérit sa petite mascotte, Terr, et le laisse profiter des leçons que lui dispensent ses écouteurs. Terr devient ainsi fort savant. Les dirigeants des Draags s'aperçoivent de l'intelligence des Oms et constatent leur rigoureuse organisation. Pressentant une menace, ils décident d'en finir une bonne fois pour toutes avec leurs petits hôtes...

Rediscover the legendary science fiction film made in France in collaboration with Czechoslovak animators. In partnership with the Anifilm festival, the screening will be introduced by Jean-Gaspard Páleníček, who contributed to the book L’Odyssée de LA PLANÈTE SAUVAGE by Fabrice Blin and Xavier Kawa-Topor.

In the film’s opening scene, seen from a human perspective, we get a very good grasp of the status of humans on the planet Ygam. They are enslaved toys for the amusement of the planet’s real rulers, gargantuan blue Draags. When the film’s hero, Terr, kept as a pet ever since he was a child, flees captivity, he encounters a group of wild humans. They resist the Draags and their ‘dehumanisation’ of the planet. Terr inspires the wild humans to strive for knowledge and eventually contributes to establishing peace with the Draags.

René Laloux’s first feature film won the Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival and took the world of animation by storm. The director was inspired by a novel by French writer Stefan Wul and he co-wrote the film with Rolan Topor, who also served as the film’s designer. Thanks to Topor, the film has a distinct surreal style and even after more than 50 years since its premiere, its atmosphere is still mesmerising. Despite the technical difficulties the crew encountered during production – it took four years to finish the film – they managed to implement a daring artistic style into a narrative sci-fi with a humanist message. Alain Goraguer’s psychedelic score contributed to the film’s oppressive feeling and fear of the unknown. For Czech audiences, the film is quite unique as it was made in collaboration with Krátký film Praha. After all, the members of the crew and film scholars alike agree that the technical and creative skills of an extraordinary team of animators led by Josef Kábrt played a crucial part in the resulting film.