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• Sci-fi
• Animation

• 2025
• Ugo Bienvenu
• 88 mins
• PG

Summary

In 2075, a girl witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. He comes from an idyllic future where time travel is possible. She shelters him and will do whatever it takes to help him return to his own time.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Parisian illustrator Ugo Bienvenu makes a stunning feature debut with this sci-fi family adventure that reinvents the Studio Ghibli look with a deliberately French twist. Young Arco lives in the 30th century but ends up travelling through time to Earth in 2075, where people live in fireproof glass domes. There, he meets neglected Iris, who helps him get back home while unexpected enemies close in on the two vulnerable children. The plot essentially retreads ET the Extra-Terrestrial and shares many of that classic film's charming entertainment qualities. Natalie Portman, a featured voice on the English-language dub, helped to shepherd this indie project from its rough beginnings through to Oscar-nominated completion, having clearly seen something in Bienvenu's designs. It's a delight from its visually resplendent start - the streams of rainbow energy that fuel the multiverse flights are rendered beautifully - to its emotionally charged conclusion. Arnaud Toulon's musical score is fantastic, too, making this meditative environmental fable as easy on the ears as on the eyes.

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7.2/10

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Cast

rolenameIrisMargot Ringard OldraArcoOscar TresaniniCliffordNathanaël PerrotLa mère d'IrisAlma JodorowskyMikkiAlma JodorowskyLe père d'IrisSwann ArlaudMikkiSwann ArlaudDougieVincent MacaigneStewieLouis GarrelFrankieWilliam LebghilLa mère d'ArcoSophie MasLa mère d'Arco - séquence finaleFrédérique Cantrel

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Crew

rolenameDirectorUgo BienvenuWriterUgo BienvenuWriterMarie-Stéphane ImbertWriterFélix de GivryProducerUgo BienvenuProducerFélix de GivryProducerSophie MasProducerNatalie PortmanComposerArnaud ToulonEditorNathan JacquardCastingManon GarnierCastingElsa Pharaon

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Theatrical distributor

Picturehouse

Released on

2026-03-20

Languages

English | French

Formats

Colour

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