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.
Direction
Laloux's surrealist vision—no straight lines, no comfortable moments.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn flesh-machines that'll haunt your dreams for weeks.
Writing
That time-travel paradox hits harder than most live-action sci-fi.
Director
René Laloux
Catherine Chevallier
Airelle (voice)
Pierre-Marie Escourrou
Sylvain Lanvère (voice)
Anny Duperey
Ambisextra (Voice)
Christine Pâris
Le porte-parole (Voice)
Georges Wilson
Métamorphe (voice)
Olivier Cruveiller
L'homme-métal (Voice)
Claude Degliame
Voix enregistrée (Voice)
Dominique Maurin
Transformé (Voice)
Jean Saudray
Transformé (Voice)
Philippe Noël
Transformé (Voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Isaac Asimov was hired to write the English dub script and famously simplified the original's philosophical density—French intellectuals were furious.
This was René Laloux's final feature, completing his unofficial 'trippy French animated sci-fi about consciousness' trilogy after Fantastic Planet and Time Masters.
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