Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences.
Oh. My. God. If “show, don’t tell” is one of the best narrative techniques, this movie surely makes great use of it. There’s absolutely no dialogue, yet the movie is filled with all sorts of communication,, giving characters depth and personality. Without saying a single word, this movie tells a great story of survival, friendship and overcoming hardships in a world slowly falling apart. It will make you sad and happy, fill you with awe and appreciate every second of it. The storytelling is fantastic, the music is solid and perfectly complements an animation that is vibrant and filled with energy. Seven popcorns and it goes into the Movie Vault. PS: I never thought I’d be bawling because of a lemur.
Bonus trivia:
- The entire movie has been created and rendered only using the free and open-source software Blender.
- The team was very adamant in getting all of the “voices” to be done by real animals, so they recorded real animals for the movie.
- Because the budget of the film was so tight, there are no deleted scenes from the film. Every scene produced is in the final cut of the movie.
- The drawing of Cat from inside the house was drawn by director Gints Zilbalodis. It was the only concept art he ever made for the film, since everything else was modeled directly in Blender to save time.
