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The Red Turtle (2016)

Directed by Michael Dudok de Wit

PG80 min64 frames

AnimationDramaFantasyFamily

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The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — A dense bamboo grove at night features dark shadows and textured foliage under a canopy. A shirtless man…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — A desolate sandy landscape with dense vegetation bordering the frame on one side. A disheveled man walks…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — An expanse of rolling, textured green hills and mossy wetlands contains a small pond. A lone male figure…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — A man stands on a makeshift bamboo raft floating on the surface of blue water. A large sea turtle with a…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — A dense bamboo grove features vertical stalks rising from a textured, grassy ground. A lone person in…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — Two individuals lie in a flattened circle of tall, textured green grass. The pair remains motionless while…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — A dark, expansive beach at night under a vast, star-filled sky. A single figure stands on the sand facing…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — A vast, empty sandy shoreline borders calm water under a muted, overcast sky. A single child sits on the…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — A large bonfire burns brightly in a dark, open field under a night sky. Three small figures stand at the…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — A quiet beach at night features a dark treeline and calm ocean water. A small group of musicians sits on…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — A man stands on a wide sandy beach under a clear blue sky. He watches a large turtle resting on the ground…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — Vast expanse of bright blue water stretching across the entire frame. A man floats in the water while…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — A dark blue ocean expanse shows a lone person drifting near a giant turtle. The man hangs suspended in the…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: establishing — A vast expanse of calm dark water stretches toward a horizon line under stars. The night sky…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — A long narrow sandbar stretches horizontally across a vast, calm, overcast grey ocean. Two figures crouch…The Red Turtle (2016) movie still: wide — A man stands atop a smooth grey rock against a backdrop of thick clouds. He gazes into the distance from…
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What is The Red Turtle about?

The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.

The Red Turtle is a 2016 animated fantasy drama film directed by Dutch animator Michaël Dudok de Wit who co-wrote the film with French screenwriter Pascale Ferran. The film is an international co-production between Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli and several French companies, including Wild Bunch and Belvision. The film, which has no dialogue, tells the story of a man who becomes shipwrecked on an uninhabited island where his attempts at escape are repeatedly thwarted by a red turtle.

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What does the cinematography of The Red Turtle look like?

Across 60 sampled frames, wide compositions dominate the coverage of The Red Turtle (77% of the sample). The lighting keeps 75% of it in naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 100% of the frames.

What is the color palette of The Red Turtle?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Red Turtle (2016) are #2e2f2e, #4d4f4d, #8d9293, #324e30, #141413, #6b6e6f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #4d4f4d
  • #8d9293
  • #324e30
  • #141413
  • #6b6e6f

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