Zarafa (2015)

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Audience Score
68
Zarafa
StarringMax RenaudinSimon AbkarianVernon Dobtcheff
DirectorsJean-Christophe LieRémi Bezançon
WritersRémi Bezançon
NR 1 hr 18 minJul 3rd, 2015Animation, Family
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Plot
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.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:July 3rd, 2015
On Digital & Streaming:July 3rd, 2015
On DVD & Blu-ray:November 3rd, 2015 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$10,750,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$12,197,574 (Worldwide)
Original Language:French
Production Companies:France 3 Cinéma, Prima Linéa Productions, Chaocorp, Pathé, SCOPE Pictures
Zarafa on the Web:Official Website
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