Rowing Across the Atlantic
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
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | La traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame |
| Year | 1978 |
| Country | France |
| Genre | Animation |
| Director | Jean-François Laguionie |
| Runtime | 20 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.9/10 (17 votes) |
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The animation constructs a powerful metaphor for marriage as an arduous, lifelong voyage across changing emotional seas. It explores how shared isolation can erode passion into resentment and finally into a silent, shared fate.
What lingers after the final frame is the haunting image of the empty boat finally making landfall, a ghost ship carrying only the echoes of a spent love. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Jean-François Laguionie
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Watch in a contemplative quiet, fully immersed in its visual poetry.
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