womanonfire
10-18-2006, 08:17 AM
Azur et Asmar is the new animation from Michel Ocelot (you may remember his film Kirikou.)
This new one is of the most beautiful 3d animated films I've seen in forever. Very stylized, perfect to fit the subject matter.
a synopsis:
Once upon a time, there were two children who had the same nanny: Azur, blonde and blue-eyed, son of the lord of the castle, and Asmar, dark-skinned and black-eyed, the nurse's child. Brought up like brothers, the children are suddenly torn apart. But Azur, haunted by the legend of the Djinn the nanny used to tell him, intends to find it in lands beyond the seas. When they grow up, the two foster brothers each go separate ways in search of the fairy. Daring rivals, they find magic lands in a medieval Maghreb, full of dangers and enchantments.
The site is in French
http://www.azuretasmar-lefilm.com
but here is a direct link to the trailer.
http://www.azuretasmar-lefilm.com/ba.html
and some film stills:
http://www.cinempire.com/multimedia/azur-asmar/stills.html
Let's hope it gets some kind of worldwide release!!
This new one is of the most beautiful 3d animated films I've seen in forever. Very stylized, perfect to fit the subject matter.
a synopsis:
Once upon a time, there were two children who had the same nanny: Azur, blonde and blue-eyed, son of the lord of the castle, and Asmar, dark-skinned and black-eyed, the nurse's child. Brought up like brothers, the children are suddenly torn apart. But Azur, haunted by the legend of the Djinn the nanny used to tell him, intends to find it in lands beyond the seas. When they grow up, the two foster brothers each go separate ways in search of the fairy. Daring rivals, they find magic lands in a medieval Maghreb, full of dangers and enchantments.
The site is in French
http://www.azuretasmar-lefilm.com
but here is a direct link to the trailer.
http://www.azuretasmar-lefilm.com/ba.html
and some film stills:
http://www.cinempire.com/multimedia/azur-asmar/stills.html
Let's hope it gets some kind of worldwide release!!