Zarafa

– Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated an..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 18 Minutes
Release Year:
2012
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.

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Zarafa (2012) - Trailer

Release Date:

08 Feb 2012

Language:

French

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie

Writer:

Alexander Abela, Rémi Bezançon

Main Actors:

Max Renaudin Pratt, Simon Abkarian, Abraham Adesoye, Sjaak Caderyn

Plot:

The plot of the film has a grandfather telling his grand kids the story of Maki, a young boy who escapes from slave traders, befriends a giraffe (the title character), cross the desert, meet a pirate, and a few other things on a trip that takes him from Africa to Paris.

Awards:

3 nominations.

Production:

GKIDS

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
Metacritic:
64%