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  • 2015
  • TV-PG
  • GKIDS
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2015
  • TV-PG
  • GKIDS
  • 1 h 18 m

Summary 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 th...

Directed By: Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie

Written By: Alexander Abela, Rémi Bezançon

  • 2015
  • TV-PG
  • GKIDS
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2015
  • TV-PG
  • GKIDS
  • 1 h 18 m

Zarafa

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
64
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
6.2
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Summary 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 th...

Directed By: Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie

Written By: Alexander Abela, Rémi Bezançon

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
6 Reviews
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
6 Reviews
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Jul 3, 2015
The patient storytelling and the elegant and colorful hand-drawn animation combine to give the film a pleasing, picture-book-like quality that should appeal to kids; there’s something very old-school about the film’s aesthetic. But in some senses, it also feels like a blast of fresh air, not the least because of where, and on whom, it chooses to place its focus.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 2, 2015
Beautifully animated and often moving.
By Sherilyn Connelly FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 2, 2015
While the gorgeous widescreen landscapes have a pencil-and-aquarelle quality, the characters themselves are literally rougher-edged, a clever reminder of the hand-drawn, sketchlike quality of traditional animation.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 2, 2015
Zarafa may not be the most groundbreaking feat of storytelling, but it does have a giraffe in a balloon.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 2, 2015
Everything about the way this story is rendered makes it feel much bigger than the characters and their limited travails can make it.
By Tasha Robinson FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 5, 2015
Zarafa never pauses for breath, rattling from one hasty, perfunctory sequence to another.
By Tom Huddleston FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 14, 2015
The film veers from quasi-real to cartoonily silly and scenes either drag or whirl by too fast.
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
6.2
67% Positive
6 Ratings
11% Mixed
1 Rating
22% Negative
2 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
6.2
67% Positive
6 Ratings
11% Mixed
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22% Negative
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Production Company Prima Linea Productions, Pathé, France 3 Cinéma, Chaocorp, Scope Pictures, GKIDS, NYAV Post
Release Date Jul 3, 2015
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating TV-PG
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Tagline The true value of friendship.
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Awards

Annie Awards
• 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 1 Nomination
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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