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KAHLIL GIBRAN'S THE PROPHET (Past Film)
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Completed - ENGLISH - Animation, Family - 85 minutes

Log Line

Inspired by the beloved classic, Kahlil Gibran’s THE PROPHET, is a richly-animated tale of an unlikely friendship between a mischievous young girl and an imprisoned poet.

Previous markets

  • Toronto 2014 (Premiere)
  • Berlin EFM 2015 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2015 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Roger ALLERS, Tomm MOORE
Writer(s) : Roger ALLERS
Cast : Liam NEESON, Salma HAYEK-PINAULT, John KRASINSKI, Frank LANGELLA, Alfred MOLINA, Quvenzhané WALLIS

Producer(s) : Salma HAYEK-PINAULT, Clark PETERSON, Jose TAMEZ

Synopsis

On the fictional island of Orphalese, a mischievous, eight-year-old girl, Almitra,meets Mustafa, a political prisoner under house arrest. From this chance encounter,an unlikely friendship is born. But on this fateful day that they meet, Mustafa is toldby the authorities that he is finally being released—and guards immediately escorthim towards the ship that will take him back to his own country .

Along the way, Mustafa shares his wisdom and poems with the people of Orphalese,while Almitra secretly follows him. At each stop, she imagines breathtaking visualsequences that accompany his words. When Almitra realizes, however, that theauthorities have a very dark surprise in store for Mustafa, she must do everythingpossible to help him.

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE

DENMARK Jun 23, 2016 ANGEL FILMS A/S
KOREA (Sou PANCINEMA
USA Aug 07, 2015 GKIDS
USA Aug 07, 2015 GKIDS


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