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Zarafa

2012-01-25 · 78 min · ★ 6.9

Family · Animation

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.

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Directors
Jean-Christophe Lie, Rémi Bezançon
Production companies
France 3 Cinéma, Prima Linéa Productions, Chaocorp, Pathé, SCOPE Pictures
Countries
Belgium, France
Status
Released
Budget
USD 10,750,000
Revenue
USD 12,197,574

Top Cast

Max RenaudinMax RenaudinMaki (voice)
Simon AbkarianSimon AbkarianHassan (voice)
Vernon DobtcheffVernon DobtcheffLe vieux sage (voice)
Roger DumasRoger DumasCharles X (voice)
Ronit ElkabetzRonit ElkabetzBouboulina (voice)
Mohamed FellagMohamed FellagMahmoud (voice)
Déborah FrançoisDéborah FrançoisZarafa adulte (voice)
Thierry FrémontThierry FrémontMoreno (voice)
Philippe Morier-GenoudPhilippe Morier-GenoudSaint-Hilaire (voice)
Mostéfa StitiMostéfa StitiPacha
François-Xavier DemaisonFrançois-Xavier DemaisonMalaterre (voice)

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