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Movie · 2024 · Latvia, France and Belgium

Flow

Runtime1h25DirectorGints ZilbalodisGenreAnimation, AdventurePremiereMay 22, 2024Where to watch—Where to buyAmazon

Plot

A dark grey cat lives alone in a forest, near an empty house where someone seems to have lived once. There are no humans in sight, only ruins, giant cat statues and plenty of animals along the way. One ordinary day, it steals a fish and ends up chased by a pack of dogs.

While running, the cat spots a herd of deer racing past in a panic. Soon the reason arrives: a massive flood pours into the forest, and the water keeps rising. The cat barely makes it out, finds shelter on high ground and picks up a companion, a yellow Labrador that breaks from the pack to follow it.

When even the tallest cat statue goes under, the cat leaps onto a sailboat drifting by. On board is a calm capybara, and soon other animals join, each with its own temper. With no dialogue at all, only animal sounds, the film follows this makeshift crew as it tries to survive a world that is sinking.

Awards and nominees

  • Oscars 2025 · Best Animated Feature
    Beat: Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Wild Robot
  • Golden Globes 2025 · Best Animated Feature
    Beat: Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Moana 2, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Wild Robot

Trivia

  • The whole film was animated in Blender, a free and open-source program.
  • It cost about €3.5 million and premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.
  • It was Latvia's first production to win an Oscar and a Golden Globe, and the first independent film to win Best Animated Feature.
  • In Latvia it sold more than 306,000 tickets, becoming the most-watched theatrical film in the country's history.

Characters

  • GatoThe lead, a wary dark grey cat who has never needed anyone.
  • LabradorA yellow Labrador that leaves its pack to follow the cat.
  • CapivaraA laid-back capybara, the first passenger on the sailboat.
  • LêmureA ring-tailed lemur that climbs aboard with a basket full of trinkets.
  • SerpentárioA tall white secretarybird that does not like the cat at first.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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