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The Red Turtle
2016
· Movie
· 80 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #153
- IMDb #153
- Google retired #214
- Rotten Tomatoes #138
- Metacritic #64
- Letterboxd #158
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #112
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #191
- Metacritic Critics #34
- Metacritic Audience #161
- Criticker #83
- Kinopoisk #288
- AlloCiné #127
- Trakt #250
Every rating
59–93
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 59, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93. Critics average 90, everyone else 76.
See the most agreed on films →A man shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island struggles to survive and escape. His every attempt to build a raft and leave is mysteriously destroyed by a large red turtle. His frustration turns into a pivotal encounter with the creature, leading to a silent, poetic story that explores the cycles of life, nature, and human connection without any dialogue.
Details
- Director
- Michael Dudok de Wit
- Writer
- Michael Dudok de Wit
- Released
- 27 March 2016
- Country
- Belgium, France, Japan
- Language
- None
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Rated
- PG
- Box office
- $922.0K
- Awards
- 4 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
Awards & nominations
See all 16 →1 major award won · 4 wins from 16 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2016 | Un Certain Regard Special Prize | Michaël Dudok de Wit | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2017 | Best Animated Feature | Michaël Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2016 | Camera d'Or | Michaël Dudok de Wit | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2016 | Prize Un Certain Regard | Michaël Dudok de Wit | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2016 | Best Animated Feature | The Red Turtle | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2017 | Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Michaël Dudok de Wit and Pascale Ferran | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2017 | Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Michaël Dudok de Wit | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2017 | Best Animated Feature – Independent | The Red Turtle | Winner |
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16 awards — The Red Turtle
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Cannes Film Festival
3 nominations, 1 won
| Un Certain Regard Special Prize | Michaël Dudok de Wit | Winner |
| Camera d'Or | Michaël Dudok de Wit | Nominee |
| Prize Un Certain Regard | Michaël Dudok de Wit | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Michaël Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | The Red Turtle | Nominee |
Annie Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature – Independent | The Red Turtle | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production | Mouloud Oussid | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Michaël Dudok de Wit | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production | Laurent Perez del Mar | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Michaël Dudok de Wit and Pascale Ferran | Nominee |
Magritte Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film in Coproduction | The Red Turtle | Winner |
| Best Sound | Nils Fauth and Peter Soldan | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | The Red Turtle | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | The Red Turtle | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | The Red Turtle | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature | The Red Turtle | Nominee |