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Directed by | Folco Quilici |
Based on | Ti-Coyo and His Shark by Clement Richer |
Produced by | Goffredo Lombardo |
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Cinematography | Pier Ludovico Pavoni |
Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
Music by | Francesco De Masi |
Distributed by | Titanus (Italy) |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
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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]
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]