2015 · animation · adventure · drama
Long Way North
Directed by Rémi Chayé1h 21m2015
In 1892 Saint Petersburg, when her explorer grandfather's failure to return from his latest expedition brings dishonour to her aristocratic family, a resilient teenager runs away to follow in his trail in search of his famed ship.
Our read: Long Way North (2015) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded animation · adventure · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured animation / adventure, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- redemptive
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