Gandahar(1988)

Name: Gandahar
Director: René Laloux
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Released: Jan 29, 1988
Cast: Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Catherine Chevallier, Georges Wilson, Anny Duperey, Jean-Pierre Ducos

Janus Films

PG
1h 18m

Release Date: Jan 29, 1988

An evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.

Release Details

Original Release | Jan 29, 1988 | Limited

2026 Re-release | Aug 28, 2026 | Limited

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Director & Top Cast

René Laloux
Director

Pierre-Marie Escourrou
Actor

Catherine Chevallier
Actor

Georges Wilson
Actor

Anny Duperey
Actor

Jean-Pierre Ducos
Actor

Christine Paris

Actor

Zaïra Benbadis

Actor

Claude Degliame

Actor

Olivier Cruveiller

Actor

Jean-Pierre Jorris

Actor

Dominique Maurin

Actor

Jean-Jacques Scheffer

Actor

Jean Saudray

Actor

Frédéric Witta

Actor

Philippe Noël

Actor

Philippe Duclos

Actor

Joël Barbouth

Actor

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: France

Language: French

Summaries

Storyline

Gandahar is a utopian world of rare beauty and tranquility, the result of extensive mutation and genetic experimentation. But the perfect peace is shattered when a mysterious evil force invades this idyllic serenity, turning people into stone with petrifying rays. The Council of Women hold court and decide to send Sylvain, son of Queen Ambisextra, on a mission to destroy the enemy. Together with the beautiful and adventurous Arielle, the enemy that Sylvain eventually discovers very far from his home is the ultimate failure of Gandaharian scientific experimentation. It is a giant brain known as the Metamorphis, which has created an indestructible army of metal men to destroy Gandahar. Sylvain must battle the Metamorphis, but not until 1000 years in the future. — Morpheus Ganhadar is an idyllic paradise where it's people have mastered both themselves and their environment. Everything exists in perfect harmony with the world, providing enlightenment for both the body and soul. Paradise is lost when a malevolent force begins to attack the outlying regions of the planet, attacking small villages and turning their people into stone. Sylvain is dispatched by the Council of Women to find out what is menacing the peaceful world. He is later attacked by strange bird-like creatures, rendering him unconscious when it falls on him. He wakes up in the presence of deformed figures, who are not the enemy, but instead mutated products of ancient scientists, perhaps during the search to perfect everything. He escapes and watches metallic drones, who are the attackers, passing through a metal doorway of some sort. From here he discovers the Metamorphisis, a gargantuan brain mass. He returns to the capital with Arielle, but not too soon to find it being attacked by the Men of Metal. The Metamorphisis and the Men of Metal are from a thousand years in the future. Sylvain is placed in suspended animation for a millenium, while the Metamorphisis destroys the world. When he wakes up, the Metamorphisis has become a sick, evil thing. It's cells have degraded and the stone people are brought into the future, re-animated, and then killed off to be used in the brain tissue. Sylvain must destroy the brain in order to change history, but is it possible? — Anonymous