Saturday, July 14, 2018

Gwen, the Book of Sand (1985)


Gaumont
Directed by Jean-Francois Laguionie
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia

Confusing story about a tribe who walks around the desert on stilts, maybe to avoid the giant every-day objects being dropped on them by some mysterious entity. A young girl wanders into the tribe and is accepted, only to have her new friend kidnapped by the object-dropping thing. She goes off with an old woman to find him and bring him back. They find more large objects, but little in the way of explanations. Clunky paper-cut animation is not my favorite style, but this does have some occasionally beautiful images. Unfortunately the weak story, and especially the lack of characterizations, makes it a chore to watch.

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