Fantastic Planet is a 1973 French-Czechoslovak animated science fiction film directed by Rene Laloux, based on Stefan Wul's novel Oms en serie, depicting a planet where diminutive humans called Oms are kept as pets and later rise in rebellion against the giant blue humanoid Draags who dominate them. The film was created using a distinctive cutout stop-motion animation style developed by artist Roland Topor, giving it a surreal visual texture unlike contemporary feature animation elsewhere. Fantastic Planet won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival and is widely regarded as a landmark of adult-oriented animated science fiction.
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Original LanguageSourced to the subject's own account AwardSourced to the subject's own accountCannes Film Festival Special Prize 1 Release YearSourced to the subject's own account CountrySourced to the subject's own accountFrance and Czechoslovakia 1 FAQs
What prize did Fantastic Planet receive at the Cannes Film Festival?
It received the Special Prize at Cannes in 1973.
Fantastic Planet, released in French as La Planète sauvage and directed by René Laloux, was shown in competition at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. The festival's own record for the film lists a Special Prize for 1973.
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Fantastic Planet (French: La Planète Sauvage; Czech: Divoká planeta, lit. 'The Wild Planet') is a 1973 surrealist adult animated science fiction art film directed by René Laloux.
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It was a co-production between companies from France and Czechoslovakia
Fantastic Planet, Description, original language
Fantastic Planet is a 1973 French-Czechoslovak animated science fiction film directed by Rene Laloux, based on Stefan Wul's novel Oms en serie, depicting a planet where diminutive humans called Oms are kept as pets and later rise in rebellion against the giant blue humanoid Draags who dominate them.
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The film won the Special Prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival
Created By: René Laloux, Infobox: director
René Laloux
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