A slow and ugly fairy tale based on the drawings of inmates at a psychiatric clinic where LaLoux worked.

Piel, a 7 or 8 year old boy, is alone on the desert planet Perdide, only survivor of an attack by giant hornets. Calling for help, Piel's father's friend Jaffar keeps contact with the kid and hurries across space toward Perdide.

The Captive is a sketch-piece made by René Laloux and Philippe Caza in preparation for the future more carefully produced work. It is based on comics by Caza and relates an enigmatic story of two children who come to a city of silence and discover that a mysterious female prisoner is kept in the tallest tower.

何内·拉路(Rene Laloux)，法国动画大师，1929年出生在巴黎，在艺术学校学习绘画。毕业后从事广告，他从实习生就开始做试验动画，2004年3月14日逝世。他是1973年得到坎城影展金棕榈奖的巨擘级大师，有过当精神病院看护的经历，作品充满了"艾美丽异想式",他善于表现超现实的奇幻故事。他以长篇科幻动画《La Planete Sauvage》（奇幻星球），风格独树一格，画风类似素描插画，全片的皆以CUT-OUT 剪纸动画风格来呈现，角色的动作风格与传统的Character Animation 角色动画成对比，内容有别于美国迪士尼儿童动画。他的重要作品有：动画短片《死亡之时》，《蜗牛惊魂记》，《奇幻星球》，《时间掌握》，《甘达星人》，《王福先生获救记》。

1988 film by René Laloux

1973 animated film directed by René Laloux