2010 · animation · fantasy
Sintel
Directed by Colin Levy14m2010
A wandering warrior finds an unlikely friend in the form of a young dragon. The two develop a close bond, until one day the dragon is snatched away. She then sets out on a relentless quest to reclaim her friend, finding in the end that her quest exacts a far greater price than she had ever imagined.
Our read: Sintel (2010) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive animation · fantasy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, gentle animation / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
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