Savages (French: Sauvages) is a 2024 Swiss-French-Belgian stop motion animated film directed by Claude Barras and starring Babette De Coster and Martin Verset.[1]
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| French | Sauvages |
| Directed by | Claude Barras |
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| Music by | Charles de Ville Nelly Tungang |
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| Distributed by | Haut et Cort |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
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Premise
editKéria (De Coster), a young girl from Switzerland, lives with her father in the Serawak province of Borneo while he works in a palm oil plantation. Her late mother had been part of the indigenous Penan people, but Kéria has little interest in this aspect of her heritage. She and her father rescue an orangutan, who comes to be known as Oshi. When Kéria's Penan cousin Selaï (Verset) is displaced from her home by deforestation and comes to live with the family, the two children and orangutan must fight back against the logging companies.[2][3]
Cast
edit- Babette De Coster as Kéria
- Martin Verset as Selaï
- Laetitia Dosch as Jeanne
- Benoît Poelvoorde as Kéria's father
- Pierre-Isaïe Duc as Kéria's grandfather
- Michel Vuillermoz as the foreman
- Gaël Faye
- Sailyvia Paysan as Selaï's mother
Production
editBarras began conceptualizing Savages while on the year-long press tour for his 2016 feature film My Life as a Courgette.[4]
Release
editSavages premiered out of competition in the Young Audiences section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2024.[1][2] The film also played in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and is scheduled to screen at the 77th Locarno Film Festival, where Barras will be recognized with the Locarno Kids Award la Mobiliare.[4][5]
Reception
editAccolades
edit| Award | Ceremony date | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Annecy International Animated Film Festival | 15 June 2024 | Best Feature Film | Savages | Nominated | [3] |
| European Film Awards | 7 December 2024 | European Animated Feature Film | Pending | [6] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Sauvages (Savages), Claude Barras' ecological fable". Cannes Film Festival. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b Roxborough, Scott. "Filmmaker Claude Barras Gets Animated With Stop-Motion Feature 'Sauvages'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Sauvages". Annecy Festival. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b Ritman, Alex. "'Savages': How Claude Barras Went From His Oscar-Nominated 'Zucchini' to the Jungles of Borneo for Next Stop-Motion Epic". Variety. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Claude Barras to Receive the Locarno Kids Award la Mobiliare at Locarno77". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (9 October 2024). "European Animated Film Nominations Unveiled". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 October 2024.