Savages

2024 [FRENCH]

Animation / Family

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 20 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 100%
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 661 661

forest stop motion orangutan logging

Director

Claude Barras Photo
Claude Barras

Top cast

Benoît Poelvoorde Photo
Benoît Poelvoorde as Mutang, le père
Sailyvia Paysan Photo
Sailyvia Paysan as La mère de Selaï
Nelly Tungang Photo
Nelly Tungang as La grand-mère
Hannah Boudreau Photo
Hannah Boudreau as Nina
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831.78 MB
1280*690
French 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 11
1.67 GB
1920*1036
French 5.1
NR
24 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by marclenglet80 4 / 10

When Good Intentions Go on Autopilot

While I never considered it a masterpiece, My Life as a Zucchini struck me as establishing Swiss filmmaker Claude Barras as a singular voice worth listening to. Beyond the pleasure I consistently take in watching volumetric animated figures with endearing imperfections, the director had managed to approach life inside an orphanage - the real one - at child's eye level, without the common puerile clichés where life in foster care (apparently unchanged since the Victorian era) is a prerequisite for the appearance of a magical being or portal.Which is precisely why I struggle to understand the relative blandness of Sauvages !. The stop-motion technique has been refined, but as far as the project's other characteristics go, we witness a clear retreat. While it tackles many themes (deforestation, indigenous rights, the colonial gaze on the "primitive," animist spirituality, etc.), it treats none of them in any depth. I know this is a children's animated film, and that one shouldn't expect too much sociological complexity, but with Sauvages! I often felt like I was facing one of those old mechanical animated toys: everything is in place, you can predict how it will move, you can even anticipate what it will say at every moment.I don't fault it for telling children "what to think," but I am disappointed that it does so with such naivety and so little subtlety - all the more so because, so focused as it is on its pedagogical ambitions, Savages! Forgets to be fun, moving, or even simply interesting to follow.
Reviewed by petervantulder-51756 2 / 10

Half cooked moral, slow and unsuited for little ones

I went to Sauvages into a kids cinema afternoon with my daughter of six and about twenty other kids. Sauvages is not a good movie. The story develops too slow and is too wrapped around the old-fashioned 'nature over industry' story.It tries to send a moral that little kids don't see, let alone embrace. The movie was at times scary for six year olds. And it is not an great adult story either. The moral, no matter how good the intentions, holds no new perspective that make you think about what you just saw.So in the end, my kid was bored and at times frightened. By the time the film ended, half of the other kids had already left the theatre.
Reviewed by MehdiTaba 8 / 10

I absolutely recommend it to anyone.

A very cute and adventurous animated film that enlighten us with joy and care.It has a correct tone towards indigenous people, animals and deforestation.Sad, cute, cool, ethical, funny, adventurous, environmentalist, thought-provoking, essential, beautiful, well-made, professional & inspiring.Very good direction. Very good screenplay. Very good production. Very good acting. Very good edits. Good film score. Great audio mixing/editing. Very good cinematography. Sad/funny/thought-provoking tone. Moderate-paced. Well-balanced.I really liked it.Family-friendly; some mildly inappropriate moments for kids.7.7/10.
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