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.
Credits
Zarafa Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Déborah François
She was 28, now 37 years old
|
as Zarafa adulte (voice) |
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Vernon Dobtcheff
He was 80, now 90 years old
|
as Le vieux sage (voice) |
|
Roger Dumas
He was 83, 84 years old when he died
|
as Charles X (voice) |
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François-Xavier Demaison
He was 41, now 51 years old
|
as Malaterre (voice) |
|
Philippe Morier-Genoud
He was 71, now 80 years old
|
as Saint-Hilaire (voice) |
|
Thierry Frémont
He was 52, now 62 years old
|
as Moreno (voice) |
|
Ronit Elkabetz
She was 50, 51 years old when she died
|
as Bouboulina (voice) |
|
Simon Abkarian
He was 53, now 62 years old
|
as Hassan (voice) |
|
Max Renaudin
He was 13, now 26 years old
|
as Maki (voice) |
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Mohamed Fellag
He was 61, now 74 years old
|
as Mahmoud (voice) |
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Mostéfa Stiti
He was 68, now 81 years old
|
as Pacha |
Zarafa Crew
