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Les escargots

  • 1966
  • 10m
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6.8/10
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Les escargots (1966)
AnimationShortComedy

In a distant planetoid, an industrious but hapless old farmer strives to make his vegetables flourish, however, to no avail.In a distant planetoid, an industrious but hapless old farmer strives to make his vegetables flourish, however, to no avail.In a distant planetoid, an industrious but hapless old farmer strives to make his vegetables flourish, however, to no avail.

  • Director
    • René Laloux
  • Writers
    • René Laloux
    • Roland Topor
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    6.8/10
    1.9K
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    • Director
      • René Laloux
    • Writers
      • René Laloux
      • Roland Topor
    • 20User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    8/10
    Funny, minimalist animation
    Having seen Fantastic planet as part of a course on animation, which was a weirdly enjoyable film, I found this little gem on MUBI, well it found me.

    The story is simple as is the style of animation - 2D cutout, made prominent by Terry Gilliam during the Monty Python days.

    This is a fantastical tale, in which a simple premise - a struggling farmer uses his own tears to make his crop of lettuce grow, but they grew too well and attract snails, which eat the lettuce and also grow to enormous size. The giant snails then start terrorising the humans, all very funny.

    While somewhat sexist by today's cult standards, with the depiction of woman and how the giant snails target them, there are social commentaries in play here that are not overtly thrust upon the viewer.

    Well worth a look.
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    • Release date
      • January 3, 1966 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • The Snails
    • Production company
      • Sofac
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      10 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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