The Wild Planet – La Planète sauvage (1973)
“The Wild Planet” is a science fiction film that showcases life on a strange, “wild” planet. People also live there, but they are not the dominant species. The planet is inhabited by blue humanoids, the Draag, who see humans as animals, play with them, sometimes torment them, or even keep them as pets.
The story follows the life of a little boy whose mother has died after some Draag children played too roughly with her. He is subsequently taken in as a pet and grows into a young man, eventually managing to escape and embark on a journey through the absolutely surreal world of the planet.
If that already sounds absurd enough, the film takes things up a notch with its visual language, hand-drawn animations, and culture. The Wild Planet is funny, incomprehensible, creative, and almost psychedelic. But above all, it is so unique that you cannot forget it.
