Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis’ second feature tails a cat that bands together with other animals on a survival journey following a cataclysmic flood.
At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, there’s something about the purity of great animated storytelling that can shatter your heart and then make it whole again. (Think, is that kind of marvel, a vividly experiential white-knuckle survival adventure that takes place in a world on the brink of ruin. Told entirely without dialogue, this tale of a cat that evolves from self-preservation to solidarity with a motley crew of other species is something quite special.
What follows is an eventful journey, propulsively paced and yet never rushed even at a brisk 86 minutes, giving breathing room both to nail-biting interludes and more touching moments. The cat hops onto a beaten up sailboat and travels up a swollen river, gradually adapting to the challenges of this new waterworld.
All the animals on the boat are changed by their experiences, with the exception of the capybara, who remains pretty much the same big easygoing lug throughout. Even the labrador, shrugging off the pack mentality of the other dogs, becomes smarter, more alert to the safety of its fellow travelers.
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