After losing his sister to domestic violence, Brad Bird was inspired to tell the story of a mechanical weapon with a human soul. In the fictional town of Rockwell, Maine, in the late 1950s, a young boy named Hogarth befriends an alien robot and tries to prevent its destruction at the hands of the paranoid US government. Exploring the prejudices of McCarthy’s America and filled with endearing characters, namely Hogarth’s confidante Dean, this heart-warming story alludes to the horrors of war but also shows how life triumphs over death.

Year: 1999 / Min: 86 / Country: USA / Language: English / CW: N/A