Cyril Mourali, Karim M'Riba, Nigel Pilkington
Azure is a blond boy with blue eyes, Asmar has dark hair and dark eyes. As kids, they fought and loved each other as brothers do. As grown ups, they mercilessly become rival in the quest for the djinn...( read more
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Not really something I'd normally have a kid watch. Mostly cuz I don't think most kids would be into watching a movie with subtitles for part of it. Not to mention I don't want to see a woman breast feeding, even if it's not real.
Not only is this brilliant and fun animation, this was also one of the more ingenuous of storylines, never pushing it, but we sense a lot of talk on race, religion, culture and I found the animation, a potpourri of mythology and fairytale just fascinating, old-fashioned and effec...( read more)
One of my favorite animations. It shows how love, dreams and determination to follow them can help people cross the countries borders and overcome the cultural and social differences.
The tale of two brothers from childhood to manhood, it is rife with timeless storybook themes and offers an inspiring vision of harmony between different cultures, different people. full review
This was released in the UK and Ireland 8 February 2008. To find out if it's currently playing anywhere near you, go to http://www.theprincesquest.com and type your e-mail address and postcode into the myfilms widgety thing.
Some other things worth checking out are the podcast at http://www.filmeducation.org/princesquest/background.htm and the interview at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d28dbff6-6065-11db-a716-0000779e2340.html
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