Zarafa (2012)★ 6.9/10
- Adventure
- Animation
- Family
Directed by: Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie
Written by: Alexander Abela, Rémi Bezançon
After escaping the clutches of a slave trader, a bold ten-year-old Sudanese boy befriends a young giraffe and a kind Bedouin, who takes them on a splendid journey via a hot-air balloon as far as the palace of King Charles X of France.
- Original title
- Zarafa
- Storyline
- 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.
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 2,036
- Companies
- Prima Linea Productions, Pathé, France 3 Cinéma, Chaocorp, Scope Pictures, GKIDS, NYAV Post, Alamode Film, Amstelfilm, Biografcentralen, Chantier Films, Good Films, Pathé Distribution, Pathé Films, Spentzos Film, Angel Films, Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO), Lime Lights Pictures, MTVA, Moviemax Family, Soda Pictures, Ultra Familia, Universum Film (UFA), Vemox, Zon Audiovisuais
- Release dates
- FR January 21, 2012
- CH February 8, 2012
- DE February 12, 2012
- BE February 15, 2012
- CA August 10, 2012
- JP August 25, 2012
- GR September 30, 2012
- US October 7, 2012
- AT October 12, 2012
- TW October 19, 2012
- DK December 12, 2012
- TR January 25, 2013
- PT February 28, 2013
- IT April 4, 2013
- AR April 13, 2013
- RO May 10, 2013
- RU June 13, 2013
- ES July 19, 2013
- BR July 26, 2013
- NL October 9, 2013
- SE December 25, 2014
- GB October 9, 2015
- IE October 9, 2015
- AU July 14, 2020