Fantastic Planet

Eerie, surreal and a welcome respite from Disney-style animation, this French sci-fi allegory may not offer any mind-blowing insights (genocide is bad isn't exactly a new thought), but it's a trip. Human beings (called Oms) are the mice of the planet Ygam: Tiny, cute, and nice enough as pets, but a nuisance when they run wild and steal food from the huge, blue-skinned Traags. The arrogant and casually cruel Traags -- who spend their days meditating without showing any sign of having mastered the spiritual enlightenment thing -- regard the Oms as dumb animals and periodically exterminate their wild colonies without remorse. Terr is an Om, orphaned as a baby ...