Zarafa

Zarafa

2012
1h 18m
6.8

6.8/10

122 votes • View on IMDb
Family Animation
Overview

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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Status: Released

Budget: $10,750,000

Revenue: $12,197,574

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
France 3 Cinéma Prima Linéa Productions Chaocorp Pathé SCOPE Pictures
Production Countries
Belgium France
Spoken Languages
French

Keywords

giraffe sudan based on true story orphan 19th century

Quick Facts

Release Date January 25, 2012
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt2077908
Website Visit Site

Cast

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

François-Xavier Demaison
François-Xavier Demaison

Malaterre (voice)

Key Crew

Alexander Abela
Writer
Christophe Jankovic
Producer
Valérie Schermann
Producer
Rémi Bezançon
Director
Jean-Christophe Lie
Director
Rémi Bezançon
Writer