Destino

2003 7 min ★ 7.2 Animation, Music, Fantasy

Short film to a song of love lost and rediscovered, a woman sees and undergoes surreal transformations. Her lover's face melts off, she dons a dress from the shadow of a bell and becomes a dandelion, ants crawl out of a hand and become Frenchmen riding bicycles. Not to mention the turtles with faces on their backs that collide to form a ballerina, or the bizarre baseball game.

Cast

Jennifer Esposito

Rebecca Drummond (voice)

Dora Luz

Singer (voice)

Details

Director

Dominique Monfery

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$1,500,000

Production

Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

July 5, 2026

★ 7/10

There is something charmingly surreal about this hybrid of animation styles inspired by the strikingly different but undoubtedly complementary styles of artwork from Walt Disney and Salvador Dali. The theme seems to suggest a relationship between a beautiful human being and an equally handsome discobulus-like figure as a manifestation of time. One one level this is a more human-centred experience,...