Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2014) poster
2014 · animation

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

Directed by Roger Allers, Bill Plympton, Gaëtan Brizzi, Joan C. Gratz, Joann Sfar, Michał Socha, Mohammad Saeed Harib, Nina Paley, Paul Brizzi, Tomm Moore1h 25m2014
ElsewhereIMDb7.15kRT64%Metacritic61
  • warm
  • brisk
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Warm, kinetic, measured animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.

Our read · Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2014) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive animation entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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