Tadpole and the Whale

June. 17,1988

Rating：

6.2

Genre：

Adventure Family

Keywords：

Human Animal Relationship Whale Dolphin

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Trailer Synopsis Cast

The adventures of Elvira, a 12-year-old girl obsessed with the sea who develops the ability to breathe underwater. Elvira and her dolphin friend Elvar meet a friendly whale, among other creatures, while back on land all is not as it should be.

Fanny Lauzier as Daphne

Denis Forest as Marcel

Marina Orsini as Julie

Jean Lajeunesse as Grand-papa Thomas

Lise Thouin as Anne

Louise Richer as La mère

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Reviews

Kattiera Nana

1988/06/17

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Lachlan Coulson

1988/06/18

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

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Geraldine

1988/06/19

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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Fulke

1988/06/20

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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mnemosyne_dreamer

1988/06/21

I love this film so much. I used to watch it when I was little - I was born in '86 - so much that my mother had to hide it from me. I don't know what she did with the tape, and it's a shame that we've lost it, because I hoped I would show it to my own children one day. It's such a feel-good movie, and it's so beautiful, because it shows how special a relationship with an animal can be, even one so great as a whale. It's also hilarious in parts - I still giggle whenever I think of the scene with the kids playing a prank on the tourists. It's such a sweet movie. The whole family can enjoy it, not just the kids - this is definitely a film to enjoy as a group.

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