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Robot Dreams
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPablo Berger
Screenplay byPablo Berger
Based onRobot Dreams
by Sara Varon
Produced byIbon Cormenzana
Ignasi Estapé
Sandra Tapia
Jérôme Vidal
Pablo Berger
Edited byFernando Franco
Music byAlfonso de Vilallonga[1]
Production
companies
Arcadia Motion Pictures
Noodles Production
Les Films du Worso
RTVE
Movistar Plus+[2]
Distributed by
Release dates
  • May 21, 2023 (2023-05-21) (Cannes)
  • December 6, 2023 (2023-12-06) (Spain)
  • December 27, 2023 (2023-12-27) (France)
Running time
102 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • France
LanguageNo dialogue
Budget€5 million[3]
Box office$645,983[4]

Robot Dreams is a 2023 Spanish-French animated tragicomedy[5] film written and directed by Pablo Berger.[6] It is based on the comic of the same name by Sara Varon.[7] It is about the inseparable friendship between a dog and a robot in Manhattan, New York in the 1980s.[8] The film does not contain any verbal dialogue.[9]

Robot Dreams had its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2023, in the Special Screenings section.[10] It received the award for Best Film in the Contrechamp section of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and it is nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 96th Academy Awards.[11]

Plot

In 1980s Manhattan, Dog lives alone. While watching TV, he notices an advertisement for a robot friend and immediately calls to order it. Dog receives Robot in the mail sometime later and assembles him. The two become instant friends as Dog takes Robot out to explore Manhattan. They make their way to Central Park where they involve themselves in a host of activities, notably roller skating to Earth, Wind & Fire's "September". Over the course of the summer, the two become inseparable friends.

Near the end of summer, Dog takes Robot to the beach. After a long day of playing in the water, the pair falls asleep on the beach. Upon waking up well after all the other visitors have left, the pair realize that the water has caused Robot to rust in place. Unable to move Robot, a disheartened Dog is forced to head home for the night. Dog returns to the beach the following day to discover that the beach has been closed until June 1 the following year, with a large barbed wire fence constructed which prevents him from reaching Robot. After being denied access to the beach by the city, Dog tries to illegally break past the fence. However, he is caught by police and is arrested. Afterwards, a disheartened Dog relents to wait until June 1 to go back and rescue Robot, placing a note on his refrigerator as a constant reminder.

Sometime later, a trio of rabbits comes across Robot on the beach. They give him a drink that fixes him and allows him to leave the beach. He returns to Dog’s apartment only for it to be revealed that this was all a fantasy of Robot’s. In reality, the rabbits chop off one of Robot’s legs and remove one of its toes to fix their broken boat. They discard the leg and leave Robot alone on the beach once again. Meanwhile, Dog spends Halloween alone.

Winter arrives as snow begins to fall across the city and the beach. After having a dream of escaping the snow and returning home to find Dog having replaced him with a new robot, Robot becomes frozen in ice. Meanwhile, Dog goes to the Catskills to meet new friends after seeing a newspaper advertisement. This only leads to him breaking his arm in a sledding accident following a conflict with a pair of anteaters. As winter continues, Robot has another dream of returning home through a world inspired by The Wizard of Oz. Dog meets a magical snowman who leads him to a bowling alley. Dog bowls poorly but finds a new friend in the snowman; only for this to be revealed as a dream.

Following the end of winter, Robot befriends a bird who winds up building a nest next to his arm. The bird lays three eggs that hatch, the youngest child instantly bonding with Robot. The bird’s three children grow over a period of time with the youngest remaining the most attached to Robot. When the time comes for the birds to leave, the youngest is the most hesitant to leave Robot; but they ultimately relent and follow after their family following encouragement from Robot. Dog, meanwhile, finds a new friend in Duck during a kite outing and the pair go fishing sometime later. Duck suddenly moves to Europe afterwards, leaving Dog alone yet again.

A monkey sneaks onto the beach and happens upon a buried Robot with help from his metal detector. The monkey takes Robot to a junkyard to sell him. The alligator owner and his son promptly chuck Robot into the pile, where he is promptly broken into different pieces and shuts off. When June 1 finally arrives soon after, Dog returns to the beach but is only able to find Robot’s discarded severed leg. He is kicked off the beach after spending the whole day digging. A saddened Dog spends the night laying in bed with Robot’s leg.

A raccoon named Rascal visits the junkyard sometime later and discovers Robot’s head and remaining limbs. He takes the parts home and, following his interest in building robots on his own, rebuilds Robot with a giant radio as a new body. Robot turns back on, seemingly with no memory of his time with Dog. Meanwhile, Dog goes to a robot store and buys a new robot named Tin. Over the course of the summer, Robot and Rascal form a close friendship as do Dog and Tin. Dog and Tin go to the beach and, learning from his past mistakes, Dog coats Tin with oil spray and keeps him out of the water.

Later, while getting ketchup for a rooftop lunch with Rascal, Robot looks out and sees Dog and Tin walking down the sidewalk. Robot regains all his memories of his time with Dog. Racing out of the building and down the street, Robot manages to catch Dog and reunite with him. The sudden appearance of Rascal reveals that the reunion was yet another fantasy of Robot’s. Instead of chasing after Dog, Robot uses his radio body to play “September”. Dog hears the song echo down and the pair (unbeknownst to Dog) dance together to the song for the final time. Dog sees a reflection of Robot in a window and Robot promptly hides from view. Robot contemplates revealing himself. However, realizing that he and Dog have found meaningful new relationships following their separation, Robot continues to hide and lets Dog continue on with Tin. Tin notices Dog’s sadness and promptly cheers him up, the two dancing down the street side by side. Robot then returns to Rascal and the two dance together on the roof as the movie ends.

Production

The animation process began in mid-June 2021 in Madrid, Spain and then moved to the Iruñea studios.[12]

Release

Festivals

Robot Dreams had its world premiere on May 21, 2023, in the Special Screenings section of the 76th Cannes Film Festival,[13] then screened on June 12, 2023, at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival,[14] on July 23, 2023, at the New Zealand International Film Festival[15] and on August 14, 2023, at the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival.[16] It was screened on September 7, 2023, at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival[17] and in October 2023 at the 56th Sitges Film Festival.[18]

Theatrical

It was for its commercialy released on December 6, 2023, in Spanish theaters[19] to then expand to the French market on December 27, 2023.[20] Neon acquired the distribution rights to release in North American territory.[21][22]

Reception

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 27 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.3/10.[23] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "universal acclaim" reviews.[24]

Paula Arantzazu Ruiz [es] of Cinemanía rated the film 5 out of 5 stars, deeming [the relationship between] DOG and ROBOT to be the "most amazing and beautiful friendship of the year".[25]

Top ten lists

The film appeared on a number of critics' top ten lists of the best Spanish films of 2023:

Accolades

Year Award / Festival Category Recipient Result Ref.
2023
 Annecy International Animation Film Festival Contrechamp Award - Best Film Robot Dreams Won
[31]
56th Sitges Film Festival Best Film Nominated
[32]
Grand People's Choice Award for Best Feature Film in the SOFC Won
Cinekid Festival Best Children's Film Nominated
[33][34]
36th European Film Awards Best Animated Feature Film Won
[35]
44th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Animated Film Runner-up[a] [36]
49th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film Runner-up [37]
36th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Feature Film Nominated
[38]
29th Forqué Awards Best Animation Film Won
[39]
20th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film Nominated [40]
27th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Feature Won
[41]
15th Indiana Film Journalists Association Best Film Nominated [42][43]
Best Animated Film Runner-up
Original Vision Nominated
28th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Best Animated Film Nominated
[44]
28th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Best Animated Film Nominated [45]
2024
 13th Georgia Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film Nominated [46]
22nd San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards Best Animated Film Nominated [47]
23rd Nevada Film Critics Society Best Animated Feature Won [48]
17th Houston Film Critics Society Awards Best Animated Feature Nominated [49]
27th Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Animated Film Nominated [50]
11th Feroz Awards Best Comedy Film Won
[51]
Best Original Soundtrack Alfonso de Vilallonga Won
Best Poster José Luis Ágreda Won
3rd Carmen Awards Best Non-Andalusian Produced Film Robot Dreams Nominated
[52][53]
Best Editing Fernando Franco Nominated
Best Art Direction José Luis Ágreda Nominated
79th CEC Awards Best Film Robot Dreams Nominated
[54][55]
Best Animated Film Won
Best Director Pablo Berger Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
Best Music Alfonso de Vilallonga Won
16th Gaudí Awards Best Animated Film Robot Dreams Won
[56]
Best Adapted Screenplay Pablo Berger Nominated
Best Original Score Alfonso de Vilallonga Won
44th London Film Critics' Circle Awards Animated Film of the Year Robot Dreams Nominated
[57]
38th Goya Awards Best Animated Film Won
[58]
Best Adapted Screenplay Pablo Berger Won
Best Editing Fernando Franco Nominated
Best Original Score Alfonso de Vilallonga Nominated
21st International Cinephile Society Awards Best Animated Film Robot Dreams Runner-up [59]
51st Annie Awards Best Animated Feature - Independent Won [60]
Best Character Design - Feature Daniel Fernandez Casas Nominated
Best Direction - Feature Pablo Berger, Benoît Feroumont Nominated
Best Storyboarding - Feature Maca Gil Nominated
Best Writing - Feature Pablo Berger Nominated
28th Satellite Awards Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature Robot Dreams Pending
[61]
17th Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards Best Animated Film Nominated
[62]
96th Academy Awards Best Animated Feature Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Diaz Pending
[63]

Notes

  1. ^ Shared with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Peasants.

See also

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