Director
René Laloux
Starring
Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Catherine Chevallier, Georges Wilson
Certificate
12A
Run Time
78 mins
Release Year
1988
Country of Origin
France
Language
English
Format
35mm
Editor: Christine Pansu
Produced by: Jean-Claude Delayre, Henri Rollin
Music: Gabriel Yared
Screenplay by: René Laloux, Raphel Cluzel
Production Designer: Philippe Caza
Sound Production: Christian Zanesi
Director Bio
René Laloux
P&I - Director Bio
René Laloux (1929-2004) was a French animator and film director known for Fantastic Planet (1973), Gandahar (1988), and Time Masters (1982).
Gandahar
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Having worked with the highly influential artist/designer Jean Giraud, alias Moebius, on Les Maîtres du temps (1982) Laloux next enlisted the help of another superb French artist of the time, Phillippe Caza. This was the start of an important artistic relationship for Laloux, he and Caza collaborating on several films, including Laloux’s final feature, the magnificent Gandahar (1988). Based on a story by Jean-Pierre Andrevon, this gloriously imaginative science fiction features themes of ecology and identity, and was considered by Laloux to be his masterpiece.