Rene Laloux
1982 / 78’ 00” / France, Hungary, Switzerland
This French animated film from 1982 follows the adventure of a boy in an alien world. With the help and companionship of an elderly man and a girl, they search for the boy's father while travelling in a spaceship through time and space. Designed by the legendary Jean Giraud (a.k.a. Mœbius), The Time Masters is a trippy, visually fantastic foray into existentialist space adventure. After his parents are killed on the dangerous planet Perdide, young Piel survives by maintaining radio contact with Jaffar, a pilot transporting the exiled Prince Matton and Princess Belle from their former kingdom. Jaffar seeks the help of Silbad, a cheerful old-timer who knows how to circumvent Perdide’s hazards, including brain-devouring insects and watery graves.
