Zarafa (2012)

Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated and stirring adventure, and a throwback to a bygone era of hand-drawn animation and epic storytelling set among sweeping CinemaScope vistas of parched desert, wind-swept mountains and open skies. Under the cover of darkness a small boy, Maki, loosens the shackles that bind him and escapes into the desert night. Pursued by slavers across the moon-lit savannah, Maki meets Zarafa, a baby giraffe – and an orphan, just like him – as well as the nomad Hassan, Prince of the Desert. Hassan takes them to Alexandria for an audience with the Pasha of Egypt, who orders him to deliver the exotic animal as a gift to King Charles of France.

Directing:
  • Rémi Bezançon
  • Jean-Christophe Lie

Writing:
  • Rémi Bezançon
  • Alexander Abela

Stars:
Release Date: 2012-01-25
themoviedb icon 6.8/10
  • Country: BE, FR
  • Language: Français
  • Runtime: 78
  • Budget: $10,750,000
  • Revenue: $12,197,574

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Vernon Dobtcheff
Vernon Dobtch...
Le vieux sage (voice)
Max Renaudin
Max Renaudin
Maki (voice)
Simon Abkarian
Simon Abkaria...
Hassan (voice)
Roger Dumas
Roger Dumas
Charles X (voice)
Ronit Elkabetz
Ronit Elkabet...
Bouboulina (voice)
Mohamed Fellag
Mohamed Fella...
Mahmoud (voice)
Déborah François
Déborah Franç...
Zarafa adulte (voice)
Thierry Frémont
Thierry Frémo...
Moreno (voice)
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Philippe Mori...
Saint-Hilaire (voice)
Mostéfa Stiti
Mostéfa Stiti
Pacha
François-Xavier Demaison
François-Xavi...
Malaterre (voice)
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