Description
Die Abenteuer der kleinen Giraffe Zarafa DVD 2012 Zarafa / Directed by Rémi Bezançon, Jean Christophe Lie / French Animated film / Giraffe given to Charles X of France by Muhammad Ali of Egypt
UPC 887654393098
REGION 2 PAL DVD
MADE IN GERMANY
AUDIO: German 5.1, French 5.1
SUBTITLE: German
Playtime: 76 minutes
French Summary:
Zarafa est un long métrage d'animation franco-belge réalisé par Rémi Bezançon et Jean-Christophe Lie, sorti en 2012. L'intrigue, librement inspirée de l'histoire de la girafe offerte à Charles X par Méhémet Ali en 1827, relate l'amitié entre un jeune garçon africain et une girafe, Zarafa, qu'il accompagne jusqu'à Paris.
VOICE CAST:
- Max Renaudin Pratt as Maki
- Simon Abkarian as Hassan
- Sjaak Caderyn as Hassan
- Abraham Adesoye as Pika
- François-Xavier Demaison as Malaterre
- Vernon Dobtcheff as Le vieux sage
- Roger Dumas as Charles X
- Ronit Elkabetz as Bouboulina
- Mohamed Fellag as Mahmoud
- Déborah François as Zarafa adulte
- Thierry Frémont as Moreno
- Wayne Grayson as Demis
- Dazzy Iannuzzio Bogo
- Madigan Kacmar as Traore
- Philippe Morier-Genoud as Saint-Hilaire
German Summary:
Der kleine Maki (Max Renaudin) flüchtet vor einem Sklavenhändler und freundet sich dabei mit der Giraffe Zarafa an (Déborah François). Die wird bald darauf gefangen - sie soll ein Geschenk für den französischen König werden. Maki ist damit nicht einverstanden. Er verspricht der Giraffenmutter, ihre Tochter zu befreien und macht sich auf zu einer Ballonreise, die ihn von Afrika bis nach Paris führt. Mit an Bord sind der Wüstenprinz Hassan (Simon Abkarian) und der Luftschiffer Malaterre (François-Xavier Demaison). In der französischen Hauptstadt angekommen, merken die drei schnell, dass Zarafa in der neuen Umgebung nicht zurechtkommt. In Scharen strömen die Pariser Einwohner zur neuesten Attraktion und bedrängen Zarafa, da sie die erste Giraffe auf dem europäischen Kontinent ist. Jetzt ist es an Maki, seine Giraffenfreundin zu retten...
English Summary
Zarafa is a 2012 French-Belgian animated film directed by Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie. It was released on 8 February 2012 in France.The story was inspired by a historical giraffe known today as Zarafa.
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. And so Maki, Zarafa and Hassan take off in a hot-air balloon to cross the Mediterranean, setting off an adventure across Northern Africa, the bustling port of Marseilles, and over the snow-capped peaks of the Alps, arriving at last in Paris. But all the while, Maki is determined to find a way to return Zarafa to her rightful home.
The film was based on the historical event, of the Giraffe given to Charles X of France by Muhammad Ali of Egypt, and Rémi Bezançon wanted to make a film of it as soon as he heard about it, and was also keen to explore the issue of slavery in a film.
Directed by | Rémi Bezançon Jean-Christophe Lie |
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Produced by | Christophe Jankovic Valérie Schermann |
Written by | Rémi Bezançon Alexander Abela |
Starring | Max Renaudin Simon Abkarian Ronit Elkabetz François-Xavier Demaison Thierry Frémont |
Music by | Laurent Perez |
Edited by | Sophie Reine |
Production
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Pathé
Prima Linea Productions France 3 Cinéma Chaocorp Scope Pictures |
Distributed by | Pathé |
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Running time
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76 minutes |
Country | France Belgium |
Language | French |
Budget | $8.6 million |
Box office | $11.3 million |