Nominated for an Oscar earlier this year, Pablo Berger’s tender animation about the friendship between a robot and a dog is finally arriving on the big screen. And after its debut at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, critical acclaim has slowly mounted for Robot Dreams, a dialogue-free story set in a version of New York City populated by anthropomorphized animals.
Based on a graphic novel of the same name by Sara Varon, the film begins with New Yorker Dog ordering a robot friend to keep him company in his lonely big city life. Set to a soundtrack of ‘80s classics – most notably Earth, Wind & Fire's ‘September’ – the pair become inseparable: riding the subway, rollerskating around Central Park, and enjoying street food.
