ROBOT DREAMS
IF A MACHINE CAN LEARN THE VALUE OF DOG LIFE, MAYBE WE CAN TOO
It takes more than a penalty fare to scare Robot
Who didn’t love a trip to the Woolworth’s photo booth?
Hog — if not Dog — heaven.
★★★★★
OUT 22 MARCH / CERT PG / 102 MINS
DIRECTOR Pablo Berger
CAST Ivan Labanda, Albert Trifol Segarra, Rafa Calvo, José García Tos, José Luis Mediavilla
PLOT In a 1980s New York populated by animals, a lonely dog orders a companion robot. But a day at the beach ends with disaster.
IT MAY COME as a surprise to find that one of the most achingly beautiful stories of love and loss that you’ll see this —or any —year involves a dog, a robot, and a bit of rust. Robot Dreams is a film based on the enchanting 2007 graphic novel by Sara Varon, given new life for the big screen in glorious 2D animation by Pablo Berger. Like its source, it’s told wordlessly but is full of incident, imagination and, above all, emotion.