Fresh
This is a unique effort that art film crowds and families will both be able to appreciate.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
2006 · 1h 39m · PG
Animation, Family
Directed by
Michel Ocelot
Overview
Raised on tales of a Djinn fairy princess, Azur, a young Frenchman goes to North Africa in search of the sprite, only to discover that his close childhood friend, Asmar, an Arab youth whose mother raised both boys also seeks the genie.
Director and cast
- Michel Ocelot Director
- Cyril Mourali as Azur (Voice)
- Karim M'Ribah as Asmar (Voice)
- Rayan Mahjoub as Azur enfant (voice)
- Hiam Abbass as Jenane (Voice)
- Abdelsselem ben Amar as Asmar enfant (voice)
- Fatma ben Khell as Princesse Chamsous Sabah (Voice)
- Patrick Timsit as Crapoux (Voice)
- Thissa d'Avila Bensalah Cast
- Sofia Boutella Cast
- Olivier Claverie Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Azur has the DNA of a captivating bedtime story, not a sugar-high Saturday cartoon.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
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.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
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.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Fresh
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
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
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