The Oscar-nominated animated characteristic Robot Dreams is lastly heading to U.S. theaters so that you and I can watch and cry our eyes out.
The Pablo Berger-written and directed movie premiered final yr at Cannes, and since then has garnered rave evaluations and in addition the Annie Award for Best Independent Feature. This latest trailer focuses on the lighter facet of Dog and Robot’s relationship, when the 2 develop emotions for one another (and possibly… begin holding fingers?!) whereas exploring their model of New York City.
Things, nonetheless, take a tragic flip. The expanded synopsis of the film beneath teases how:
A young, affecting story of friendship, the animated Robot Dreams—tailored from the graphic novel of the identical title by Sara Varon—is ready in a Nineteen Eighties NYC populated solely by pigs, birds, cats, and different animal clans. Yet Dog leads a lonely existence, consuming TV dinners in his East Village walkup. When he sees an infomercial for a robot-building package, he seizes the prospect for the right metropolis buddy: Dog and Robot eat sizzling dogs collectively on fifth Avenue, curler skate in Central Park, enterprise to Coney Island—to the groove of their tune, Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September.” But when Robot will get stranded on the seashore, Dog is helpless to rescue him; and, because the seasons change, they each endure a separation that can change them eternally.
Will the ending be unhappy? Bittersweet? Happy? I’m nonetheless at midnight about that, but when Guillermo del Toro describes the movie as “beautiful, unexpected, and tender,” will probably be a worthy watch.
The U.S. theatrical premiere of Robot Dreams will occur on May 31, 2024, at Film Forum.
Check out the latest trailer beneath.
