Tangles Premieres at Cannes with Star Cast
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- Tangles premiered at the Cannes Film Festival’s non‑competitive Special Screenings section, marking director Leah Nelson’s adult animated feature debut.
- Tangles adapts Sarah Leavitt’s autobiographical graphic novel, relocating the story from Vancouver to the United States and setting it in 1999 with a protagonist split between suburban Maine and San Francisco’s queer scene.
- Tangles features a star‑studded voice cast including Julia Louis‑Dreyfus, Abbi Jacobson, Bryan Cranston and a cameo by producer Seth Rogen.
- Tangles employs a distinctive 2‑D animation style that is largely monochrome with occasional violet or magenta highlights to emphasize core memories and emotions.
- Tangles weaves a queer narrative, portraying a formative lesbian romance alongside the family drama of Alzheimer’s disease.
Why it matters: Distributors and streamers gain a prestige‑animation title with three veteran actors, attracting interest from platforms seeking high‑quality LGBTQ content and expanding the market for adult animated dramas.
