Rowing Across the Atlantic

A quiet, hand-drawn drift through a whole marriage, tender then sour, leaving a lingering ache of time slipping away.

Directed by

Jean-François Laguionie

Genres

Animation

Starring

Charlotte Maury-Sentier, Jean-Pierre Sentier

Overview

Newlyweds, Adelaide and Jonathan leave New York in 1907 in a boat and row, ignorant of world events, to Europe. The years pass and many things are changing them, love is gradually degrading to hatred, then indifference. Old age is almost here, and with it, in a last swim, a last embrace, husband and wife end up “alone at last.” The boat adrift, will be discovered on the shores of Europe in the year 1957

How it feels

Melancholic, bleak, whimsical and romantic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Love, aging, isolation, memory

Content

Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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