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A clip from the animated Latvian film "Straum" ("Flow") (www.youtube.com)
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Just heard about this 2024 animated movie. Like Les Triplettes, it's essentially wordless, but this time the characters are animals, seemingly set in a world abandoned by humans. Me, I've only watched clips so far, but from what I can tell, this is very much not an 'anthro' or cutesy, furry-animal kind of story. (much to my personal relief)


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Flow_movie_poster.jpg

Flow is a 2024 independent animated dystopian adventure film directed by Gints Zilbalodis, written and produced by Zilbalodis and Matīss Kaža. A Latvian, French, and Belgian co-production, it features no dialogue and follows a cat trying to survive along with other animals in a seemingly post-apocalyptic world as the water level dramatically rises.

Production of Flow started in 2019 and lasted five and a half years. The animation was done using the free and open-source software Blender. Jacques Tati and Future Boy Conan served as inspirations for the film. No storyboards were used for the production, and there are no deleted scenes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(2024_film)

More clips here:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Straume+animated+movie+clip

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[–] 8 points 6 days ago (1 child)

This movie was outstanding, and I would recommend it to anyone. Doubly so because there is nearly no spoken language. It's a lot like watching Mr. Bean - it's all physical comedy where body language and facial expressions tell the story. Same with Flow - the whole story is told through those mediums. Only difference is that Flow isn't really a comedy, though it does have some funny parts.

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    • [–] 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    I saw it in theaters and it undid me completely. I cried throughout the whole movie, odd but it touched something deep inside me. It's a really beautiful piece of art!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 6 days ago* (1 child)

    Some other comments I've read described similar feelings from others. And from the 4-5 clips I watched, the silence was so generally pervasive that it seemed like a viewer could almost go in to sort of altered or meditative state when watching. That seems incredibly cool & powerful to me.

    One of the things I'm always wondering about and trying to figure out is: who as a species are we are, anyway? Where did we come from, what were our lives like in prior generations, and is this 'grand, high-tech civilisation' thing really very normal? From what I've found, we sapiens lived *extremely* different lives for most of our existence, and we were no doubt intricately tied in to a world of general silence that was also filled with important information such as smells, subtle sounds, animal noises, tactile sensations, and so forth.

    I guess what I'm trying to say is that this film seems like something that might help awaken that sense in us moderns, not unlike long hikes in nature, or something like that. (haha, sorry for the mini-essay)

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    Interesting, yeah I suppose that the lack of spoken language can be a factor in triggering that response.

    For me personally I think it was about being reminded of the possibility of finding a glimmer of hope in the face of precariousness, uncertainty..

    being confronted with the realization that maybe, I've gotten too cynical.

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    • [–] 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    My cats actually loved this movie. Literally came over and watched it. I haven't seen them do that for any other movie.

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