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''The Red Turtle'' (French: ''La Tortue Rouge'', Japanese: ''レッドタートル ある島の物語''[[note]]''[[GratuitousEnglish Red Turtle]]: [[TheForeignSubtitle The Tale of an Island]]''[[/note]]) is a 2016 Franco-Japanese animated fantasy film co-written and directed by Dutch-British animator Michael Dudok de Wit. The project was produced in collaboration between Prima Linea Productions, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, [=CN4=] Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Belvision Corporation, and Creator/StudioGhibli, the latter of whom had fallen on hard times in the wake of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's retirement[[note]]which turned out to be a TenMinuteRetirement, as he came back to Ghibli not long after this film[[/note]] and the box office failures of ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'' and ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'' and got involved with the film as a means of getting back on their feet. The film also features additional animation from Creator/AFilm, Dreamwall, and Kecskemétfilm Kft.

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''The Red Turtle'' (French: ''La Tortue Rouge'', Japanese: ''レッドタートル ある島の物語''[[note]]''[[GratuitousEnglish Red Turtle]]: [[TheForeignSubtitle The Aru Shima no Monogatari (The Tale of an Island]]''[[/note]]) Island)]]''[[/note]]) is a 2016 Franco-Japanese animated fantasy film co-written and directed by Dutch-British animator Michael Dudok de Wit. The project was produced in collaboration between Prima Linea Productions, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, [=CN4=] Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Belvision Corporation, and Creator/StudioGhibli, the latter of whom had fallen on hard times in the wake of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's retirement[[note]]which turned out to be a TenMinuteRetirement, as he came back to Ghibli not long after this film[[/note]] and the box office failures of ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'' and ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'' and got involved with the film as a means of getting back on their feet. The film also features additional animation from Creator/AFilm, Dreamwall, and Kecskemétfilm Kft.
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''The Red Turtle'' (French: ''La Tortue Rouge'', Japanese: ''レッドタートル ある島の物語'') is a 2016 Franco-Japanese animated fantasy film co-written and directed by Dutch-British animator Michael Dudok de Wit. The project was produced in collaboration between Prima Linea Productions, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, [=CN4=] Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Belvision Corporation, and Creator/StudioGhibli, the latter of whom had fallen on hard times in the wake of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's retirement[[note]]which turned out to be a TenMinuteRetirement, as he came back to Ghibli not long after this film[[/note]] and the box office failures of ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'' and ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'' and got involved with the film as a means of getting back on their feet. The film also features additional animation from Creator/AFilm, Dreamwall, and Kecskemétfilm Kft.

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''The Red Turtle'' (French: ''La Tortue Rouge'', Japanese: ''レッドタートル ある島の物語'') ある島の物語''[[note]]''[[GratuitousEnglish Red Turtle]]: [[TheForeignSubtitle The Tale of an Island]]''[[/note]]) is a 2016 Franco-Japanese animated fantasy film co-written and directed by Dutch-British animator Michael Dudok de Wit. The project was produced in collaboration between Prima Linea Productions, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, [=CN4=] Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Belvision Corporation, and Creator/StudioGhibli, the latter of whom had fallen on hard times in the wake of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's retirement[[note]]which turned out to be a TenMinuteRetirement, as he came back to Ghibli not long after this film[[/note]] and the box office failures of ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'' and ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'' and got involved with the film as a means of getting back on their feet. The film also features additional animation from Creator/AFilm, Dreamwall, and Kecskemétfilm Kft.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]] with GenreShift. The first half of the movie is the Man struggling to survive on and escape the island with each of his attempts being ruined by the Red Turtle. The second half [[spoiler: is a fantasy-romance family drama where the Man and now-human Turtle become a couple and birth a son; chronicling their lives on the island]].
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* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler: This is the film’s main premise when the titular Red Turtle transforms into a human woman]].
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* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: The Son to his parents; when he reaches adulthood. He wishes them farewell as he joins the other sea turtles in an indefinite journey through the ocean]].
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* SanitySlippage: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged with DespairEventHorizon]]. As his days being stranded on the island prolong, the man undergoes a grief-driven version of this; laying on the ground to languish as he allows insects and flies to swarm him.

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* SanitySlippage: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged Zig-zagged]] with DespairEventHorizon]]. DespairEventHorizon. As his days being stranded on the island prolong, the man undergoes a grief-driven version of this; experiencing hallucinations as well as laying on the ground to languish as he allows insects and flies to swarm him.
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* SanitySlippage: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged with DespairEventHorizon]]. As his days being stranded on the island prolong, the man undergoes a grief-driven version of this; laying on the ground to languish as he allows insects and flies to swarm him.
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* GoodParents: [[spoiler: The Man and his wife - the now-human turtle - demonstrate nothing but affection, support, and care for their only son]].


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* VomitIndiscretionShot: After one of his attempts to leave the island are thwarted by the turtle, The Man visibly upchucks on the beach from swallowing seawater. We see contents spill from his mouth and land in a pile.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Man is devastated upon realizing he [[spoiler: murdered the titular turtle]].

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Man is devastated upon realizing he [[spoiler: murdered the titular turtle]]. [[spoiler: Even after she resurrects as a human woman, he reflects on the act with shame]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Man is devastated upon realizing he murdered the titular turtle.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Man is devastated upon realizing he [[spoiler: murdered the titular turtle.turtle]].
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*MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Man is devastated upon realizing he murdered the titular turtle.
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''The Red Turtle'' (French: ''La Tortue Rouge'', Japanese: ''レッドタートル ある島の物語'') is a 2016 Franco-Japanese animated fantasy film co-written and directed by Dutch-British animator Michael Dudok de Wit. The project was produced in collaboration between Prima Linea Productions, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, [=CN4=] Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Belvision Corporation, and Creator/StudioGhibli, the latter of whom had fallen on hard times in the wake of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's TenMinuteRetirement and the box office failures of ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'' and ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'' and got involved with the film as a means of getting back on their feet. The film also features additional animation from Creator/AFilm, Dreamwall, and Kecskemétfilm Kft.

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''The Red Turtle'' (French: ''La Tortue Rouge'', Japanese: ''レッドタートル ある島の物語'') is a 2016 Franco-Japanese animated fantasy film co-written and directed by Dutch-British animator Michael Dudok de Wit. The project was produced in collaboration between Prima Linea Productions, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, [=CN4=] Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Belvision Corporation, and Creator/StudioGhibli, the latter of whom had fallen on hard times in the wake of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's TenMinuteRetirement retirement[[note]]which turned out to be a TenMinuteRetirement, as he came back to Ghibli not long after this film[[/note]] and the box office failures of ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'' and ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'' and got involved with the film as a means of getting back on their feet. The film also features additional animation from Creator/AFilm, Dreamwall, and Kecskemétfilm Kft.

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