ARCO Teaser Trailer: Natalie Portman, Will Ferrell, Mark Ruffalo, and More Lend English Voices to Cannes Animated Spectacle

One of the best discoveries of this year’s Cannes Film Festival is French director Ugo Bienvenu’s animated feature, Arco. NEON acquired the film following its Cannes world premiere, and has now set it for a November 14 release stateside. Natalie Portman serves as one of the producers and is part of the English-language cast. The dubbed version also features the voices of Will Ferrell, Mark Ruffalo, America Ferrara, Andy Samberg, and Flea. It won the Cristal for Best Feature at this year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and will screen at TIFF in its Centerpiece section. In addition to the casting news and date announcement, NEON has also released a teaser for the English version.

Here’s the official synopsis:

A magical and beautifully animated journey through time, Arco is a dazzling adventure about a 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future who accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a charming and touching friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and along with her trusted robot caretaker Mikki, set out on a quest to get Arco home, while the two children may also be the only ones who can save our planet. A wondrous odyssey filled with hope and optimism for our future, Arco is an enchanting fable from breakout filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu, produced by Remembers’ Bienvenu and Felix de Givry, and mountainA’s Natalie Portman and Sophie Mas.

Watch the teaser trailer for Arco below.

Liked it? Take a second to support Hammer to Nail on Patreon!