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Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage) (Country: France, Czechoslovakia; Year: 1973; Director: René Laloux; Writer: Roland Topor and René Laloux, based on the book by Stefan Wul; Stars: (voices, French) Jennifer Drake, Sylvie Lenoir, Jean Topart, Jean Valmont; (voices, English) Barry Bostwick, Hubert de Lapparent, Mark Gruner, Nora Heflin, Marvin Millier, Monika Ramirez, Hal Smith, Olan Soule, Janet Waldo(voices, French) Jennifer Drake, )
Trippy, Seventies animated version of the biblical story of Exodus.
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Gandahar (Country: France; Year: 1988; Director: René Laloux; Writer: René Laloux, Jean-Pierre Andrevon, Raphael Cluzel, Isaac Asimov; Stars: Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Catherine Chevallier, Georges Wilson, Anny Duperey, Jean-Pierre Ducos, Christine Paris, Zaira Benbabis, Claude Degliame, Olivier Cruveiller, Jean-Pierre Jorris, Dominique Maurin, Jean-Jacques Scheffer, Jean Saudray, Frédéric Witta, Philippe Noël)
An evil force in the future, starts to destroy the idyllic paradise.
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