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Azur & Asmar - The Princes' Quest U SCREENINGS 3pm Saturday 12 April 2008 Once upon a time there were two children brought up by the same woman. Azur, a blond blue-eyed son of a nobleman and Asmar, the dark skinned and dark-eyed child of the nurse. As they grow up the nurse tells them many enchanting stories but their favourite is about the Djinn fairy waiting to be released from captivity by a good and heroic prince. One dark day Azur’s father cruelly separates them, he sends Azur to the city for a private education and banishes the nurse and Asmar from his home. Some years later Azur returns and sets out to a land far away to find the nurse and Asmar. Finally reunited, it soon becomes clear that Azur and Asmar will compete against each other to be the first one to rescue the fairy. BBFC advice: Contains mild fantasy violence "French director Michel Ocelot has reportedly spent about seven years working on this beguiling animated fable, and the densely layered and vividly coloured images he conjures up are like the illustrations from a much-loved children's book. In the manner of the Thousand and One Nights, the movie tells the story of two friends, as close as brothers: Azur and Asmar. One is the son of a nobleman, the other the son of the north African nurse who brings them up, and enraptures them with tales of a Djinn fairy awaiting the love of a prince to release her from an enchantment. Harshly separated in their teens, the rich young man travels to the Orient where he finds his friend again, and they travel onward on a mission to find this mythical Djinn princess. It has real charm: an old-fashioned looking movie, but with a heartfelt belief that, pace Kipling, east and west can and should meet. " UK RELEASE 8 February 2008 DIRECTOR Michael Ocelot CAST (voices) Steven Kyman, Nigel Pilkington, Suzanna Nour, Nigel Lambert, Leopold Benedict, Frederick Benedict, Imogen Bailey, Emma Tate, Suzanne David, Sean Barrett, Keith Wickham RUNNING TIME 99 minutes COUNTRY Spain / Italy / Belgium / France ORIGINAL LANGUAGE Arabic / French (dubbed) official film website
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