Flow (2024)

Jack and I loved this Oscar-winning (Best Animated Feature), wordless, magical fairy tale from Latvia about a cat banding together with a disparate group of animals to survive an apocalyptic flood. Gints Zilbalodis served as director, co-writer, one of only four producers, co-composer, cinematographer, editor, and art director. The other writers were Matiss Kaza and Ron Dyens (also among the producers) and the other composer was Rihards Zalupe.

The entire movie was made with the free open-source software Blender, which is one of the fascinating trivia items on imdb. Read that link to find out how the cat's sounds were recorded, as well as the other animals'.

Do not turn it off before the credits have finished. There's a bonus, which we appreciated!

Every person named above is new to me and to this blog.

Rotten Tomatoes' critics and audiences loved it, too, averaging 97 and 98%, respectively. We watched it April 4 on Max with our subscription. It's also available to rent everywhere for about $4.