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Les Escargots

Les Escargots

1965
Animation
Short Film
10m
A gardener tries his best to make his salad plants grow. It is only when he cries that his tears finally water the field and the salads grow huge. The incredible size attracts a multitude of snails that quickly become giant too, causing disasters and panic in the nearby city. (imdb)

Directed by:

René Laloux

Screenwriter:

Roland Topor, René Laloux

Genre:

Animation

AKA:

The Snails

Country:

France

Language:

None

Les Escargots

1965
Animation
Short Film
10m
Your probable score
Avg Percentile 53.65% from 104 total ratings

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Rated 19 Feb 2024
70
63rd
Quaint and amusing film that much better intimates Fantastic Planet. I like how it escalates.
Rated 13 Aug 2017
60
35th
Cute but totally predictable.
Rated 11 Oct 2015
3
30th
animated moral tales don't really interest me.
Rated 23 Aug 2015
60
32nd
"Something something capitalism something something?" --Me, totally understanding this film
Rated 28 Jun 2008
64
23rd
It's a fairly clever flight of fancy, but to say it's crudely animated would be an understatement. More like barely animated.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

René Laloux

Screenwriter:

Roland Topor, René Laloux

Genre:

Animation

AKA:

The Snails

Country:

France

Language:

None

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