Zarafa(2012)
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.
Movie: Zarafa
Top 10 Billed Cast
Maki (voice)
Hassan (voice)
Le vieux sage (voice)
Charles X (voice)
Bouboulina (voice)
Mahmoud (voice)
Zarafa adulte (voice)
Moreno (voice)
Saint-Hilaire (voice)
Pacha
Video Trailer Zarafa
Video: HIFF (2012) - Zarafa Trailer - Animated Movie HD
HIFF (2012) - Zarafa Trailer - Animated Movie HD
ZARAFA | Official UK Trailer - in cinemas 9th October
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HIFF (2012) - Zarafa Trailer - Animated Movie HD - Trailer
ZARAFA | Official UK Trailer - in cinemas 9th October - Trailer
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