CinemaOSMovie · 2012 · 1h 18m · NR

Zarafa

69%(134)IMDbFamilyAnimation

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.

Directed byJean-Christophe Lie, Rémi Bezançon

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 18m
Language
FR
Released
January 25, 2012
Budget
$10,750,000
Revenue
$12,197,574
Studios
France 3 CinémaPrima Linéa ProductionsChaocorp

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Trailers & teasers

1 video
ZARAFA | Official UK Trailer - in cinemas 9th October

ZARAFA | Official UK Trailer - in cinemas 9th October

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Max Renaudin

Max Renaudin

Maki (voice)

Simon Abkarian

Simon Abkarian

Hassan (voice)

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Le vieux sage (voice)

Roger Dumas

Roger Dumas

Charles X (voice)

Ronit Elkabetz

Ronit Elkabetz

Bouboulina (voice)

Mohamed Fellag

Mohamed Fellag

Mahmoud (voice)

Déborah François

Déborah François

Zarafa adulte (voice)

Thierry Frémont

Thierry Frémont

Moreno (voice)

Philippe Morier-Genoud

Philippe Morier-Genoud

Saint-Hilaire (voice)

Mostéfa Stiti

Mostéfa Stiti

Pacha

Creative team
Directed by
Jean-Christophe Lie
Rémi Bezançon
Rémi Bezançon
Written by
Rémi Bezançon
Rémi Bezançon
Alexander Abela
Produced by
Valérie Schermann
Christophe Jankovic

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