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Circuit marine

6.6/10
TMDB5 votes
2006Original: French8 min

"All you need is food," the Beatles could have sung if they had been inspired by Circuit marine, a whimsical fantasy about our cruel, carnivorous world. To be eaten or not to be eaten: that is the question for a ginger cat, a goldfish and a colourful parrot which a tender-hearted pirate tries to get to live happily together along with his hungry crew. We can only wonder who will be the next meal on this ship of food. As the ship pitches and rolls to a sprightly gypsy tune, the cat relentlessly pursues the goldfish, and even the parrot gets into the act. But who is predator and who is prey? Everyone ends up down someone's gullet. Isabelle Favez's colourful and humorous film is a tasteful reminder that we're all links in the food chain.

Genres: Animation
Cast: Not available

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About Circuit marine

Circuit marine (2006) is a film in the animation genres. Directed by Isabelle Favez.

Released
2006-10-18
Original language
French
Runtime
8 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Canada, France
Production companies
ONF | NFB, Folimage
Writers
Isabelle Favez

Audience reviews

6.6/10 from 5 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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TMDB member review

Remember "Captain Pugwash"? Well this simple and quickly paced sketch style of animation reminded me of those cartoons from my childhood, save for the fact that this isn't so much about alleged double-entendres and more about the food chain. The captain and his pirates like to fish. They eat the fish and throw the bones to the ship's cat which promptly descends down a very long staircase to a cabin where it licks the…

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Remember "Captain Pugwash"? Well this simple and quickly paced sketch style of animation reminded me of those cartoons from my childhood, save for the fact that this isn't so much about alleged double-entendres and more about the food chain. The captain and his pirates like to fish. They eat the fish and throw the bones to the ship's cat which promptly descends down a very long staircase to a cabin where it licks the bones. Discarding the skeleton, it waits until the flies gather around the leftovers then squashes them and feeds them to a fish in a bowl that is being enviously watched by a chained-up parrot. As every one starts to get a bit chubbier, though, the pirates start to take a bit of fancy to the cat, the cat to the bird, the bird to the fish, the cat to the fish and all whilst the captain hopes to keep his collection of pets safe and sound. Fat chance? It's quite good fun this as it takes a fairly permanent approach to the concept of what goes around comes around. Luckily there appear to be plenty of fish in the sea, else you'd have to wonder how long before cannibalism set in.

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What is Circuit marine about?

"All you need is food," the Beatles could have sung if they had been inspired by Circuit marine, a whimsical fantasy about our cruel, carnivorous world. To be eaten or not to be eaten: that is the question for a ginger cat, a goldfish and a colourful parrot which a tender-hearted pirate tries to get to live happily together along with his hungry crew. We can only wonder who will be the next meal on this ship of food. As the ship pitches and rolls to a sprightly gypsy tune, the cat relentlessly pursues the goldfish, and even the parrot gets into the act. But who is predator and who is prey? Everyone ends up down someone's gullet. Isabelle Favez's colourful and humorous film is a tasteful reminder that we're all links in the food chain.

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