The spirits of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli run clear and deep in this limpid, hand-drawn animated feature from French comic book artist and illustrator Ugo Bienvenu. Set in the year 2075, technology has eclipsed a natural world afflicted by environmental crises. Yet, this is not the dystopian sci-fi we might expect. Iris is a young girl predominantly raised by a live-in robot, Mikki. Chasing a rainbow through the woods, she comes across Arco, a boy who’s stolen a time-travelling suit from his scientist parents and crash-landed in Iris’s time. Can Iris help him get back to the future?
Three things stand out above all in Bienvenu’s film: its unsentimental yet hopeful vision; the director’s love of bold primary colours (especially in Arco’s rainbow suit); and Arnaud Toulon’s sweeping, emotional score. This is a sweet, futuristic fantasy.
Community Partner
Natalie Portman, Alma Jodorowsky, Swann Arlaud, Vincent Macaigne, Louis Garrel
France
2025
English
Book Tickets
Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Audrey Tondre
Producer
Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman, Ugo Bienvenu
Screenwriter
Félix de Givry, Ugo Bienvenu
Cinematography
Ugo Bienvenu
ANIM
Adam Sillard
Editor
Nathan Jacquard
Production Design
Fabio Besse
Ugo Bienvenu
Filmography: Maman (2013); L’entretien (2019)
Photo by Remembers – MountainA
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