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THE TIME MASTERS - René Laloux's fantastic 1982 animated space adventure double featured with his classic FANTASTIC PLANET

Dec 17 thru 19
Tue to Thu 5:15, 8:45

Dir. René Laloux - 1982 - 79m - France - In French with English subtitles

Directed by visionary science-fiction animator René Laloux (Fantastic Planet) and designed by the legendary Jean Giraud (a.k.a. Mœbius) The Time Masters is a visually fantastic foray into existentialist space adventure. After his parents are killed on the dangerous planet Perdide, young Piel (voiced by Frédéric Legros) survives by maintaining radio contact with Jaffar (Jean Valmont), a pilot transporting the exiled Prince Matton (Yves-Marie Maurin) and Princess Belle (Monique Thierry) from their former kingdom. Jaffar seeks the help of Silbad (Michel Elias), a cheerful old-timer who knows how to circumvent Perdide’s hazards, including brain-devouring insects and watery graves. Along the way, Jaffar and company encounter a pair of impish homunculi stowaways, identity-less angels controlled by an amorphous hive mind, and the Masters of Time, mysterious beings who can bend reality and perhaps reveal to the heroes their secret origins and destinies.

Restored in 4K in 2023 at the initiative of CITE FILMS in collaboration with the Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna and with the support of the CNC


"René Laloux’s conformity-challenging animated sci-fi The Time Masters resonates with Hayao Miyazaki films and Jack Vance novels." -  Michael Barrett, PopMatters


"Heady with an unforgettable twist." - Diana Tuova, Spotlight on Film

December 17, 2024

5:15 PM

December 18, 2024

5:15 PM

December 19, 2024

5:15 PM

December 17, 2024

8:45 PM

December 18, 2024

8:45 PM

December 19, 2024

8:45 PM

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