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Arco

Play trailer 1:05 Poster for Arco PG 2025 1h 28m Kids & Family Fantasy Sci-Fi Animation Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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In 2075, a 10-year-old girl, Iris, sees a mysterious boy wearing a rainbow jumpsuit falling from the sky. It's Arco. He comes from a distant, idyllic future where time travel is possible. Iris takes him in and will do whatever it takes to help him return home.

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Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com When filmmakers attempt to replicate Ghibli, they often come off leaden and overwritten—“Mononoke” made too many think that Hayao never had a sense of humor—so it’s nice to see a filmmaker who values whimsy as much as message. Sep 15, 2025 Full Review Wendy Ide Screen International Ugo Bienvenu’s appealing but not groundbreaking 2D computer animation takes very familiar themes but employs them in the service of something relatively rare: a science-fiction film that dares to hope for a better future. Jun 12, 2025 Full Review Ben Kenigsberg RogerEbert.com Bienvenu seems to have aspired to a Miyazakian look, but his character renderings—as opposed to his livelier backdrops—don’t reach that level of expressiveness or invention. May 18, 2025 Full Review Doug Jamieson The Jam Report Visually dazzling and conceptually ambitious, even if its story sometimes falters under the weight of its own ideas. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 18, 2025 Full Review Lyvie Scott Inverse At just 88 minutes, Arco moves at a brisk pace, leaving little room for deeper, more intricate storytelling — much as it may need it. Sep 17, 2025 Full Review Jackson Weaver CBC News Falling right down the middle between being actually for kids versus for their usually bored parents, the story that French illustrator Ugo Bienvenu tells [in Arco] is as important as it is potentially confusing. Rated: 4/5 Sep 17, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ugo Bienvenu

Director

Swann Arlaud

Tom

Alma Jodorowsky

Jeanne

Margot Ringard Oldra

Iris

Oscar Lapierre

Arco

Vincent Macaigne

Dougie
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Movie Info

Synopsis In 2075, a 10-year-old girl, Iris, sees a mysterious boy wearing a rainbow jumpsuit falling from the sky. It's Arco. He comes from a distant, idyllic future where time travel is possible. Iris takes him in and will do whatever it takes to help him return home.
Director
Ugo Bienvenu
Producer
Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman
Screenwriter
Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry
Production Co
Remembers, MountainA, Fit Via Vi Film Productions
Rating
PG (A Brief Injury Image|Mild Thematic Elements|Action/Peril)
Genre
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Animation, Drama
Original Language
French
Runtime
1h 28m