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Flow

Original title: Straume

“Disaster tore their world apart. Friendship will bring them together.”

2024 · 1 h 25 min
Directed by Gints Zilbalodis
AdventureAnimationFamily

Cast

(no dialogue)

Credits

Written by: Gints Zilbalodis Matiss Kaza Ron Dyens
Cinematography: Gints Zilbalodis
Music: Rihards Zalupe Gints Zilbalodis
Editing: Gints Zilbalodis
Produced by: Ron Dyens Matiss Kaza Gregory Zalcman Gints Zilbalodis

Plot

A cat, whose home is destroyed in a great flood, survives by clinging to a boat with a capybara, a lemur, a bird and a dog. They must work together to navigate a drowned world full of mysterious dangers. Gints Zilbalodis's 2024 Latvian animation, without dialogue and made with free software, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Sinekatalog’s take

Gints Zilbalodis's dialogue-free animated adventure follows a cat and other animals on a boat in a flooded world. Simple and beautiful, it depends on movement and mood, not words.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (154,482 votes)
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