Astro Kid
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French | Terra Willy, planète inconnue |
Directed by | Éric Tosti |
Written by | Éric Tosti Jean-François Tosti |
Produced by | Jean-François Tosti |
Starring | |
Edited by | Jean-Christian Tiassy Hélène Blanchard |
Music by | Oliver Cussac[1] |
Production companies | TAT Productions Master Films France 3 Cinema Logical Pictures France Televisions Ocs Cine+ |
Distributed by | BAC Films |
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Running time | 90 minutes[3] |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $4.3 million[4] |
Astro Kid (French: Terra Willy, planète inconnue) is a 2019 French computer-animated science-fiction film directed and written by Éric Tosti with the participation of the co-writers David Alaux and Jean-François Tosti. The plot concerns ten-year-old Willy, who, after the destruction of his ship, gets separated from his parents and lands on an unexplored planet, where he must survive until the arrival of a rescue mission.[5][6]
Synopsis[]
Following the destruction of their ship, young Willy is separated from his parents with whom he traveled through space. His rescue capsule lands on a wild and unexplored planet. With the help of Buck, a survival robot, he will have to hold on until the arrival of a rescue mission. Meanwhile, Willy, Buck and Flash, an alien creature which they befriended, are discovering the planet, its fauna, its flora…but also its dangers.
Voice cast[]
English Dub[]
- Landen Beattie as Willy
- Jason Canning as Buck
- Susan Myers as Probe
- Laura Post as Willy's Mother
- Keith Sliverstein as Willy's Father
French Dub[]
- as Willy
- Édouard Baer as Buck
- as Probe
- as Willy's Mother
- as Willy's Father
Reception[]
The film received generally positive reviews from critics,[6][7] and on Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 100% from 11 reviews.[8]
See also[]
- List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
- The Jungle Bunch (film)–the previous feature film by TAT Productions
References[]
- ^ Toulouse. Olivier Cussac, as de la musique de film, 11 July 2018. ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 13 March 2021. (in French)
- ^ Le paysage du cinéma français à l’honneur au 9e Festival du Film de Beijing. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ Astro Kid at the British Board of Film Classification. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Astro Kid at Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Morain, Odile (1 June 2018) "Terra Willy", le petit frère des "As de la jungle" en gestation à Toulouse. Culturebox. Retrieved 13 March 2021. (in French)
- ^ a b Felperin, Leslie (21 August 2019) Astro Kid review – little boy lost on a planet far far away. The Guardian.
- ^ Astro Kid review — lost in space with only a red robot to hear you scream. TheTimes.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Terra Willy". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
External links[]
- 2019 films
- French-language films
- 2019 computer-animated films
- 2010s children's adventure films
- 2010s science fiction adventure films
- 2010s French animated films
- 2010s science fiction comedy films
- French animated feature films
- French films
- French children's films
- Fictional robots
- Films set in the future
- French film stubs