Zarafa

Feb 8 2012 TV-PG 1h 18m

Adventure, Animation, Family

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.

Official Trailer

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.

Written by

Alexander Abela, Rémi Bezançon

Directed by

Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie

Cast

Max Renaudin Pratt, Simon Abkarian, Abraham Adesoye

Crew

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Production Countries

Belgium, France

Production Companies

SCOPE Pictures, GKIDS, NYAV Post, Pathé, Chaocorp, Prima Linéa Productions, France 3 Cinéma

Languages

Français

Awards

5 nominations

Trailers

HIFF (2012) - Zarafa Trailer - Animated Movie HD

ZARAFA | Official UK Trailer - in cinemas 9th October

Scores

# of Votes

1,950

Average Rating

6.9 out of 10

Metascore

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