2006 · animation · fantasy · adventure
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
Directed by Michel Ocelot1h 39m2006
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.
Our read: Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive animation · fantasy · adventure entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle animation / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- redemptive
- tender
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