# Gandahar (1987)

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**Runtime**: 83 min
**Genres**: Animation, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
**Directed by**: René Laloux
**Written by**: René Laloux, Raphael Cluzel
**Starring**: Catherine Chevallier, Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Anny Duperey, Christine Pâris, Georges Wilson, Jean-Pierre Ducos

> *‘In a thousand years, Gandahar was destroyed, and all its people massacred.  A thousand years ago, Gandahar will be saved, and what can’t be avoided will be.”*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Barbarella meets Lord of the Rings without magic. Peaceful planet Gandahar faces a petrifying threat. Sylvain investigates.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, surreal

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