2012 · comedy · animation · adventure
Zambezia
Directed by Wayne Thornley1h 23m2012
Set in a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls, "Zambezia" is the story of Kai - a naïve, but high-spirited young falcon who travels to the bird city of "Zambezia" where he discovers the truth about his origins and, in defending the city, learns how to be part of a community.
Our read: Zambezia (2012) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive comedy · animation · adventure entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle comedy / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- cosy
- kinetic
- gentle
- inventive
- redemptive
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How Zambezia feels to watch.
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“You want bright bird-city adventure animation that kids can follow without any heavy stakes.”
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