Film: Robot Dreams Cast: Ivan Labanda, Tito Trifol, Rafa Calvo, José García Tos, José Luis Mediavilla, Graciela Molina, Esther Solans Director: Pablo Berger Rating: 3/5 Runtime: 102 min. Spanish Director Pablo Berger’s 2D animation film based on the graphic novel by Sara Varon, has a very simple and evocative premise. Being alone is bad.
Having a friend is good. That’s the essence of it. The undercurrent of loneliness and the melancholy underpinning this work is powerfully real.
ADVERTISEMENT Set in the Big Apple of the ’80s, the skyscape of the pre-26/11 times, feels familiar enough but the inhabitants are different. The city is home to millions of anthropomorphized, bipedal animal residents going about their daily lives within the sight of the Twin Towers. This is a touching story of a lonely dog named Dog, a New Yorker who is in desperate need of a friend.
We see this amiable-faced creature eating his sad microwave dinners every night, playing pong to kill time and peeking into the living rooms of his neighbors only to spot families and couples blissfully sharing each other’s company. Surely, Dog can order a friend for himself can’t he? Dog decides to take matters into his own paws and orders a Robot after seeing an infomercial. Following which he and his robot friend start off as best buddies.
Circumstances though, makes them part and go on their own separate journeys. The movie follows these two characters through their ups and downs as they accept the ha.
