SAVAGES
De / from:
Claude Barras
Avec / with :
The voices of Benoît Poelvoorde, Michel Vuillermoz, Laetitia Dosch...
Durée en minutes / Runtime :
87min
Genre :
Animation / family
Langue / language :
Original version French with English subtitles – Penan language
Pays / Country :
Switzerland/France/Belgium
Au Cinéma le / In theaters :
Thursday, February 27, 2025 from 11 AM
Date de sortie / Release date :
May 15 2024
In Borneo, near the tropical forest, Kéria rescues and takes in a baby orangutan found on the plantation where her father works. At the same moment, her cousin Selaï finds refuge with them to escape the raging conflict that pits his nomadic family against the multinationals that enrich themselves through deforestation. Together, Kéria, Selaï and the baby orangutan called Oshi face countless obstacles in the fight against the destruction of the forest. Their universe is threatened by human stupidity and greed, a calamity that our protagonists try to confront by dreaming of a world that would be more just and more respectful of nature. In the same way, Kéria will get to discover and revalue her origins and her deepest self. Cineuropa
A Heartfelt and Galvanizing Animated Film Calls for Environmental Protection The latest from ‘My Life as a Zucchini’ director Claude Barras is about a group of Indigenous people trying to protect their land from rampant deforestation. As Ma vie de courgette, Barras does not condescend to or patronize his youngest audience members. Savages, (…) is uncompromising in its messaging, deceptively spare in its instruction and absolutely gorgeous to look at.
The Hollywood Reporter
Small scenes involving colorful animals, from panthers to spiders to snakes, provide welcome short breaks from the adventures of Kéria and the others, these wordless encounters providing humor and a bit of a diversion for the youngest audiences from the scenes verbalizing Sauvages‘message and from figuring out (although it’s not that hard) who the real ‘savages’ from the title are.
ICS International Cinema Society
- Festival de Cannes 2024– Official selection – special screening
- Gijon, 62° Festival internacional de Cine de Gijon
- Cork, 69th Cork Film Festival
- Tübingen/Stuttgart, 41. Französische Filmtage Tübingen
- Bucheon, 26th Bucheon International Animation Festival
- Amsterdam, 38th Cinekid Festival
- Valladolid, 69. Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid
- Rome, 22. Alice nella Città Film Festival
- Haifa, 40th International Film Festival Haifa …
- Luzern, European Film Awards, European Animated Feature Film 2024 (Nomination)
- Luzern, European Film Awards, European Film 2024 (Nomination)
