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ROBOT DREAMS
Opens Friday, May 31
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY PABLO BERGER
BASED ON THE GRAPHIC NOVEL BY SARA VARON
2024 ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE, BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
GOYA AWARDS WINNER: BEST ANIMATION FEATURE & BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A tender, affecting tale of friendship, the animated ROBOT DREAMS is set in a 1980s NYC populated solely by pigs, birds, cats, and other animal clans. Yet Dog leads a lonely existence, eating TV dinners in his East Village walkup. When he sees an infomercial for a robot-building kit, he seizes the chance for the perfect city buddy: Dog and Robot eat hot dogs together on 5th Avenue, roller skate in Central Park, venture to Coney Island — to the groove of their song, Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September.” But when Robot gets stranded at the beach, Dog is helpless to rescue him; and, as the seasons change, they both endure a separation that will change them forever.
2023 102 MIN. SPAIN / FRANCE NEON
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Reviews
“WONDERFUL. Beautifully detailed. Bolstered by the resilience of New York City, this is one of the loveliest movies you will see this year, animated or otherwise.”
– Tomris Laffly, The Wrap
“Grade: A. A delightfully bittersweet animated wonder that embodies the medium’s most purely cinematic qualities. With its soulful tin heart, ROBOT DREAMS moves us to appreciate the fortune of having a precious pal.”
– Carlos Aguilar, Indiewire
“Stirring and delicate…[Berger] subverts the common expectations for robot movies through savvy inventiveness, winking references, and an unfettered heart.This is a vibrant, rich film whose clean line and bright hues pop across a New York canvas, managing to succinctly capture the visual and sonic verve of the city… its radical sweetness arises from a wellspring of empathy.”
– Robert Daniels, The Playlist
