{"id":42809,"date":"2026-04-08T21:43:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=42809"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:43:42","slug":"review-arco-movie-review-annecy-cristal-winner-is-a-peter-pan-esque-sci-fi-tale-for-our-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=42809","title":{"rendered":"Review | Arco movie review: Annecy Cristal winner is a Peter Pan-esque sci-fi tale for our times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/07\/435d0908-61ca-4202-8d84-307a07e8c218_77e3f666.jpg?itok=f0OLGdgh&amp;v=1775549056\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\"><strong data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa17\">3.5\/5 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">After winning the Cristal for a Feature Film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, French filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu\u2019s directorial debut <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Arco<\/em> went on to be nominated at every major awards ceremony this past season, only to be eclipsed by Netflix\u2019s cultural juggernaut, <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">KPop Demon Hunters<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">While the latter\u2019s success is undeniable, <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Arco<\/em> is more than worthy of recognition, emerging as a charming and delicately handled sci-fi fable with a powerful ecological message.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In the year 2075, the Earth is constantly ravaged by storms, wildfires and other extreme weather phenomena. Nevertheless, life continues, with communities living beneath giant protective bubbles and most everyday tasks being conducted by robots.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Ten-year-old Iris (voiced by Romy Fay) lives in a sleepy suburb with her baby brother Peter and faithful nanny-bot Mikki, while her parents are absent, working in the city.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">When she spots an erratic rainbow hurtling through the sky, Iris chases it into the woods, where she meets Arco (Juliano Krue Valdi), a boy who claims to have travelled back in time from a distant utopian future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3349216\/arco-movie-review-annecy-cristal-winner-peter-pan-esque-sci-fi-tale-our-times?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3.5\/5 stars After winning the Cristal for a Feature Film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, French filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu\u2019s directorial debut Arco went&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[20005,20004,20006,1543,20007,12871,28,5469,5161,286,4997],"class_list":["post-42809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-annecy","tag-arco","tag-cristal","tag-movie","tag-panesque","tag-peter","tag-review","tag-scifi","tag-tale","tag-times","tag-winner","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}