Tiko and the Shark
English-language release poster
Directed byFolco Quilici
Based onTi-Coyo and His Shark
by Clement Richer
Produced byGoffredo Lombardo
Starring
  • Al Kauwe
  • Marlene Among
  • Dennis Pouira
  • Diane Samsoi
CinematographyPier Ludovico Pavoni
Edited byMario Serandrei
Music byFrancesco De Masi
Distributed byTitanus (Italy)
Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
Running time
88 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy

Tiko and the Shark (Italian: Ti-Koyo e il suo pescecane) is a 1962 film directed by Folco Quilici and based on a novel Ti-Coyo and His Shark by Clement Richer.[1] An international co-production of France and Italy,[2][3] the film's plot follows the friendship between a fisherman and a shark that begins in their youth. Filming took place on location in French Polynesia.[4]

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Reception

Leo Pestelli, writing for La Stampa, criticized the film for its perceived focus on the relationship between Ti-Koyo and his human love interest as opposed to his relationship with the shark.[5]

References

  1. ^ Daniel Blum's Screen World. Vol. 16. 1965. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Ti-Koyo e il suo Pescecane (1962)". British Film Institute (BFI). Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ Dimmitt, Richard Bertrand (1967). An Actor Guide to the Talkies: A Comprehensive Listing of 8,000 Feature-length Films from January 1949 Until December 1964. Vol. 1. Scarecrow Press. p. 1033.
  4. ^ "Children's Film Festival". TV Guide. 1976. pp. 16, 39. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  5. ^ Pestelli, Leo [in Italian] (November 1962). "Sullo schermo " Ti-Koyo e il suo pescecane " : la straordinaria amicizia tra un indigeno e uno squalo". La Stampa. Retrieved 23 May 2021. Col suo fondo di favola, il film ha spesso un'ariosità inebriante, una pungente gentilezza; ma poteva e doveva saturarsi della sola amicizia col pescecane, quale simbolo d'una fuga dal tempo. Invece regala al protagonista la seconda compagnia d'una bella cinesina d'America, che per amore del bel ragazzo abbraccia anche lei la vita selvaggia. Questo è un colpo alla Tarzan; Quilici ha caricato troppo la dose spettacolare del suo film proponendovi un consorzio uomo - donna - squalo, davvero utopico per chi conosca il ca¬ rattere femminile.

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