The Time Masters / Les Maitres du Temps

Directed by visionary science-fiction animator René Laloux (La Planète sauvage) and designed by the legendary Jean Giraud – aka Mœbius – The Time Masters is a visually fantastic foray into existentialist space adventure.

After his parents are killed on the dangerous planet Perdide, young Piel survives by maintaining radio contact with Jaffar, a pilot transporting the exiled Prince Matton and Princess Belle from their former kingdom. Jaffar seeks the help of Silbad, a cheerful old-timer who knows how to circumvent Perdide’s hazards, including brain-devouring insects. Along the way, Jaffar and company the Masters of Time, mysterious beings who can bend reality and perhaps reveal to the heroes their secret origins and destinies.

• Director(s): René Laloux
•  Cast: Jean Valmont, Michel Elias, Frédéric Legros
•  Original title: Les Maîtres du temps
•  Country, year: France | 1982
•  Duration: 79 mins
•  Language: in French with EN subs
•  Age: 12+
•  Cert.: PG
•  More information: 4K Restoration