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Icarus

Original title: Icare
  • 2022
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
273
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Icarus (2022)
AnimationAdventureFamily

On the island of Crete, under the reign of King Minos, Humans worship and fear the Gods of Olympus. Only a fool would dare to offend them.On the island of Crete, under the reign of King Minos, Humans worship and fear the Gods of Olympus. Only a fool would dare to offend them.On the island of Crete, under the reign of King Minos, Humans worship and fear the Gods of Olympus. Only a fool would dare to offend them.

  • Director
    • Carlo Vogele
  • Writers
    • Isabelle Andrivet
    • Carlo Vogele
  • Stars
    • Camille Cottin
    • Niels Schneider
    • Féodor Atkine
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    273
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Carlo Vogele
    • Writers
      • Isabelle Andrivet
      • Carlo Vogele
    • Stars
      • Camille Cottin
      • Niels Schneider
      • Féodor Atkine
    • 3User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Féodor Atkine in Icarus (2022)
    Wolf Van Cappellen and Alexis Flamant in Icarus (2022)
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    Wolf Van Cappellen and Camille Cottin in Icarus (2022)
    Wolf Van Cappellen and Alexis Flamant in Icarus (2022)
    Féodor Atkine, Mark Irons, and Igor van Dessel in Icarus (2022)
    Camille Cottin and Niels Schneider in Icarus (2022)
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    Camille Cottin
    Camille Cottin
    • Ariane
    • (voice)
    Niels Schneider
    Niels Schneider
    • Thésée
    • (voice)
    Féodor Atkine
    Féodor Atkine
    • Dédale
    • (voice)
    Wolf Van Cappellen
    • Icare enfant
    • (voice)
    Igor van Dessel
    • Icare adolescent
    • (voice)
    Maia Baran
    • Pasiphaé
    • (voice)
    Mark Irons
    Mark Irons
    • Minos
    • (voice)
    Alexis Flamant
    • Astérion
    • (voice)
    Isabelle Andrivet
    • Young Pasiphae
    • (voice)
    Isaac Rouse
    Isaac Rouse
    • Icarus
    Mike Tock
    • Minos
    • Director
      • Carlo Vogele
    • Writers
      • Isabelle Andrivet
      • Carlo Vogele
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      Official submission of Luxembourg for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 95th Academy Awards in 2023.

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    8/10
    Minotaur myth reversed
    Despite its title which focuses on Icar, the main plot of this beautiful animation is provided by an interesting reversal of the myth of Minotaur: here Minotaur (under its own name, Asterion) is a good guy and both Theseus and Ariadne are bad guys.

    Through its visual aesthetics and music, the movie tries to teleport us to ancient (Minoan) Crete. Icar, however, does not move the plot in any way here; his role is to live this world and convey his experiences: of the good Asterion the telepath, of the wile Theseus, of the self-obsessed Ariadne. If you ever wondered why Theseus left Ariadne on his way back to Athens (she was later snatched by Dionisios, another horned god, but it is not shown here), this movie has a pretty convincing answer!

    One thing which is not developed enough, is the relationship of Cretans with their gods: the movie explicitly starts with invoking "constant fear of gods experienced by ancient Greeks", but this theme in the plot is really unclear: was Pasiphae seduced by Poseidon through fear? Why did Minos finally decide to kill Minotaur, in spite of the creature being the son of Poseidon? Why there are horns everywhere in Crete and yet horned Minotaur is to be killed? Such questions certainly are asked by this rare movie, yet answers are not provided. Maybe the opening invocation to "the fear of gods" should also be left out in order to avoid making this animation too confusing: is this more a fable, or more a serious telling of myth and history?
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    • Release date
      • March 30, 2022 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Luxembourg
      • France
      • Belgium
    • Official site
      • Official Website
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Luxembourgish
      • Flemish
    • Also known as
      • Icarus and the Minotaur
    • Production companies
      • Iris Productions
      • Rezo Productions
      • Iris Films
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $604,548
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 16 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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