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Azur and Asmar - The Princes Quest [DVD] [2008]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5060103791057
Label : Soda Pop
Manufacturer : Soda Pop
Publisher : Soda Pop
Release date : 2008-07-28
Title : Azur and Asmar - The Princes Quest [DVD] [2008]
Audience rating : Universal, suitable for all
Format : PAL
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 2008-07-28
Region code : 2
Running time : 100
Studio : Soda Pop
Theatrical releaseDate : 2006

Customer reviews

review by: patrick64 date: 2009-05-21 rating:

tale of poestry
tale of poestry to degreace race's prejudice: great for the education of children and a new mankind

review by: speedy felter date: 2009-03-25 rating:

Such a visually stunning film!
This film is beautiful. Bought it for my daughter originally (aged7) who was mesmerized. So good to find an 'original' children's film as well as one that opens up dicussion about identity, origins etc... As a dual heritage child my daughter was already very able to talk about and understand aspects of the story but I also bought it for her neices and nephews to broaden their horizons a little too. Best thing about this DVD though has got to be the fantastic images that stick in your mind-the musics really good too.

review by: date: 2009-03-15 rating:

Magic from a master director
As the very proud owner of Ocelot's Kirikou we approached a public showing of this,his latest project, with considerable anticipation. We were not disappointed. Our own home cinema set up has now been set alight by this DVD ..children and adults alike are thrilled with it.Six grand children with ages between 12 and 4 want to see it again and again. Great messages of reconciliation and brotherhood of man -just what the world needs.

review by: date: 2009-03-09 rating:

Brilliant!
A fantastic film! Brilliantly made with so many messages; entertaining and inspiring. br /So many cross-curricular links to be made to inspire children within their learning, a great motivator.

review by: date: 2008-12-28 rating:

Extraordinary and sublimely beautiful animated film
My husband picked this up at the grocery store the other day quite by chance without having heard of it, and our children haven't stopped watching it since. br / br /It is an extraordinarily beautiful film in every way -- the visuals, the voices (we watch in the original French), the music, the story. The animation is exquisite. Colours are saturated and stunningly gorgeous, and there is much use of a richly patterned ground -- mosaic tiles, fields of flowers, tree trunks, a lion's mane... The drawing of the characters is very different from that in Hollywood animation, and so some viewers may need to adjust to it; I take issue with the previous reviewer who says that the 3D animation is "not that great" -- it is stylistically different, intentionally so. The animator is trying to achieve a different feeling and relationship between the viewer and the story; he is not trying to persuade the viewer that this is the real world, but rather, transports the viewer into a magical otherworldly realm. Figures are elongated, patterned grounds are flattened, but faces are delicately drawn and eyes are riveting. br / br /The story is about the rivalry and love between two boys, brothers for all intents and purposes, and is elegantly told. This film is remarkable for the positive way in which it portrays the richness and beauty of Maghreb/North African culture. br / br /This is a stunningly beautiful film for the whole family, and I am hard-pressed to think of a finer animated tale.

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