Gandahar

1987 [FRENCH]

Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

15
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 6195 6.2K

utopia invasion surrealism robot adult animation visual poetry

Plot summary

On the planet Gandahar where peace reigns and poverty is unknown, this utopian lifestyle is upset by reports of people at the outlying frontiers being turned to stone. Sylvain is sent to investigate this mysterious threat.

Director

René Laloux Photo
René Laloux

Top cast

Penn Jillette Photo
Penn Jillette as Chief of the Deformed
John Shea Photo
John Shea as Sylvain
Glenn Close Photo
Glenn Close as Ambisextra
Christopher Plummer Photo
Christopher Plummer as Metamorphis
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
766.67 MB
1280*934
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 5
1.54 GB
1480*1080
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 32

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by adithza 8 / 10

Just like Asimov's ideal "world" .

Even though the story was not originally from Asimov, for those who have read most of Asimov's classic science fiction (as a friend says, Asimov's Science fiction written in the 40's will always be science fiction even in 2006), the world 'Gandahar' represents an Asimov' Utopia-not in our galaxy- just like in the books, "The Gods Themselves", and "Foundation's Edge" (Gaia). The movie is very surreal and artistic but compared to other contemporary science fiction animations, it is not that technically sound. Some of the ideas I liked in the movie are: Before the beginning credits, one sees a fisherwoman using music to catch flying fish, the illustration of banished deformed people, and the use of genetically modified creatures in transportation, war and reconnaissance (one- eyed "mirror birds"). I also really liked the idea of a society leaded by a matriarchal system. This movie receives a rating of 8 out of 10 from me.
Reviewed by darrylb500 7 / 10

not typical sci-fi

I noticed this movie at a local rental place the other week and thought, 'What on Earth is THIS?'My dad has a book with 17,000 movie reviews--just reviews ranging from a sentence to a couple of paragraphs--and they gave it 2 1/2 stars--3 being good--so it was almost good (to them). They chastised the almost non-existent characterizations, which I agree; we're given a character, we're given about half a minute background on them, and then this is what the character has to do. I was surprised that they didn't mention the almost non-existent voice "acting" (note the quotes), as everyone just pretty much mumbled their lines...even such a big talent as Glenn Close (playing the queen) didn't help.However, please note these are VERY minor gripes. I would've given the movie three stars myself. It's not the typical sci-fi, with the stupidity of childhood geniuses and robots with feelings abound (and I don't think the stereotypes of "oh no, it's sci-fi AND a cartoon!" help either). It's very imaginative, but pretty dark and apocalyptic; probably not for kids under the age of 6, if not 8.And on a side note, there was some pretty good music in it, too, and a lot of it.
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