Azur et Asmar (Azur and Asmar: The Princes' Quest)

Azur et Asmar (Azur and Asmar: The Princes' Quest) (2006)

  • 81% of critics liked it
    (31 reviews)

  • 81% of users liked it
    (1,878 ratings)

Two lifelong friends set off on a remarkable adventure in this animated feature. Azur (Rayan Mahjoub) is an orphaned boy living in 18th century France, where he's being raised by Jenane (Hiam Abbass), a nurse of Arab heritage who cares for the boy alongside her own son, Asmar (Abdelsselem Ben… More

In Theaters
Oct 25, 2006 Wide
Diaphana Films

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

    This is a unique effort that art film crowds and families will both be able to appreciate.

  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Azur has the DNA of a captivating bedtime story, not a sugar-high Saturday cartoon.

  • Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

    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.

  • Tom Keogh, Seattle Times

    Gorgeous and mesmerizing, Azur & Asmar eschews computer-generated imagery to render a flat, storybook-style animation that never stops delighting with its ornamental detail, range of color and exotic story.

  • Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

    Is it too early to announce the most beautiful film of 2009? Two days into the new year, it's hard to imagine a more transporting cinematic experience coming our way than Azur & Asmar, an animated feature from the French writer-director Michel Ocel

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