2007 · animation · family
Nocturna
Directed by Adrià García, Víctor Maldonado1h 23m2007
An orphan boy named Tim is afraid of the dark. However, when the stars start going out in the sky, he finds himself exploring the world of the night, alongside his new friend, the Cat Shepherd.
Our read: Nocturna (2007) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive animation · family entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- inventive
- redemptive
- tender
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How Nocturna feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a gentle Spanish animated tale of a boy facing his fear in a magical night world.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if you prefer high stakes action animation over quiet dreamy family stories.
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