Michael Dudok de Wit’s feature-length directorial debut, The Red Turtle (La Tortue Rouge), which premieres at the Cannes Film Festival this week, has unveiled its first trailer:
Dudok de Wit is transitioning from shorts, where he has a proven track record of success with films like The Monk and the Fish and Father and Daughter, to full-length features with the notable assistance of Studio Ghibli, which served as a co-producer on the film (its first-ever European co-production).
The dialogue-less story of a castaway on a lush, deserted tropical island was written by Dudok de Wit and Pascale Ferran (Lady Chatterley, Bird People). Prima Linea Productions handled the animation production; other companies involved in the production and financing of Red Turtle include Wild Bunch, Why Not Productions, Arte France Cinema, CN4 Productions, and Belvision.
