Kom is from a tribe of monkeys who live in a canopy. He rejects elders' authority as well as the superstition that the lower world would be inhabited by demons. But he accidentally falls from the trees…
Direction
Laguionie's painterly compositions rival Disney's Renaissance era
Writing
Surprisingly sharp class commentary for a monkey movie
Score
Haunting choral arrangements that elevate the whole thing
Director
Jean-François Laguionie
Nadia Farès
Gina (Voice)
Tara Römer
Kom (Voice)
Janine Souchon
The Governess (Voice)
Pierre Arditi
Le Roi (Voice)
Michael Lonsdale
Maître Flavius (Voice)
Yves Barsacq
Korkonak (Voice)
Patrick Préjean
Gorine (Voice)
Jean Piat
Sérignole (Voice)
Paul Barge
Narrator (Voice)
Bruno Choël
Ludovic (Voice)
Laurence Jeanneret
Kom's Mother (Voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Laguionie spent years developing this after his acclaimed 1985 film 'Gwen, the Book of Sand,' making this a rare passion project in commercial animation.
The voice cast includes Michael Lonsdale (Moonraker's Hugo Drax) as the philosophical Master Flavius—his gravitas absolutely carries the film's heaviest themes.
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