"La prisonnière" or "The Captive" is a French animated short film from 1988, so this one will have its 30th anniversary two years from now. It is a collaboration by Philippe Caza (who drew the comic this is based on) and René Laloux, a successful and prolific French animation filmmaker. It runs for only 6.5 minutes and takes us on the journey of two children to a desolate island that keeps a secret hidden. i must say this film did very little for me. The atmospheric aspect was fine and I also liked some of the animation, but the story as well as the character animation were big letdowns here in my opinion. A deal-breaker why I did not really like the film. I also felt it tried to be too significant for its runtime and talent at times, which made it look pretty bizarre in my opinion. Spoken language is almost non-existent, but if you want to understand it all and don't speak French, then make sure you get a good set of subtitles. Or just skip the film, you really aren't missing much.
Review of La prisonnière
