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Fantastic Planet
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Fantastic Planet
Fantastic Planet

La Planète sauvage

"A sublime trip to a fine new world!"

01 December 1973 Czechoslovakia 72 min 7.6 (1,077)

Director: René Laloux

Cast: Gérard Hernandez, Jean Valmont, Jennifer Drake, Yves Barsacq, Jeanine Forney

Animation Science Fiction Oppression, colonialism and dehumanization Knowledge as liberation Resistance and rebellion Perspective, scale and the relativity of 'civilization' Coexistence and mutual recognition

Fantastic Planet — Characters & Cast

Character Analysis

Terr

Jean Valmont (French, adult Terr/narrator); Barry Bostwick (adult Terr, English dub); Mark Gruner (young Terr, English dub)

Archetype: Hero / Prometheus figure Key Trait: Curiosity

Motivation

Freedom, both his own and his people's, and the wish to understand the world that enslaves him.

Character Arc

Terr goes from an orphaned infant kept as a Draag girl's pet to a secretly educated young man who escapes. He brings knowledge to the wild Oms and helps lead them to freedom and to a planet of their own.

Tiwa

Jennifer Drake (French version)

Archetype: Innocent / unwitting benefactor Key Trait: Careless affection

Motivation

Childish affection and play, and later her own growing-up within Draag society.

Character Arc

Tiwa starts as a child who treats Terr as a beloved toy. As she grows, her attention shifts to Draag adulthood and meditation, and the gap between owner and pet widens until Terr escapes.

Master Sinh

Hal Smith (English dub)

Archetype: Authority figure / reluctant statesman Key Trait: Detached rationality

Motivation

Preserving Draag order and civilization.

Character Arc

Sinh is Tiwa's father and a high-ranking Draag. He starts out treating Oms as animals and ends up facing their rebellion as a real threat to Draag civilization.

The Great Tree Chief

Marvin Miller (English dub)

Archetype: Tribal elder / threshold guardian Key Trait: Traditionalism

Motivation

Survival of his tribe in a hostile world.

Character Arc

The leader of a wild Om tribe starts off suspicious of the newcomer Terr and his Draag knowledge. The tribe ends up joining the wider resistance.

Cast

Gérard Hernandez as Master Taj (voice)
Jean Valmont as Adult Terr / Narrator (voice)
Jennifer Drake as Tiwa (voice)
Yves Barsacq as Om (voice)
Jeanine Forney as Terr's Bride (voice)
Éric Baugin as Young Terr (voice)
Jean Topart as Master Sinh (voice)
William Coryn as Teenager Terr (voice)
Sylvie Lenoir as Additional Voices (voice)
Philippe Ogouz as Additional Voices (voice)
Irina Tarassov as Additional Voices (voice)
Yvette Robin as Additional Voices (voice)
Michèle Chahan as Additional Voices (voice)
Madeleine Clervanne as Additional Voices (voice)
Poupy de Monneron as Additional Voices (voice)

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