Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
| Kirikou and the Wild Beasts Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Michel Ocelot Bénédicte Galup |
| Produced by | Didier Brunner |
| Written by |
Philippe Andrieux Bénédicte Galup Marie Locatelli Michel Ocelot |
| Starring |
Pierre-Ndoffé Sarr Awa Sene Sarr |
| Music by | Manu Dibango et al. |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gébéka Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country |
France Vietnam |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $4.8 million |
| Box office | $13 million[1] |
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (French: Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages) is a 2005 French animated feature film. It premiered at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival on 13 May[2] and, unlike its predecessor, received only festival screenings in all English-speaking territories. It was released on English-subtitled DVD-Video in the United States by KimStim (distributed by Kino International) on 29 July 2008 as Kirikou and the Wild Beast.
Synopsis
The film is a sub-story to Kirikou and the Sorceress rather than a straight sequel. The movie is set while Kirikou is still a child and Karaba is still a sorceress. Like Princes et princesses and Les Contes de la nuit, it is an anthology film comprising several episodic stories, each of them describing Kirikou's interactions with a different animals. It is however unique among Michel Ocelot's films, not only in that it is co-directed by Bénédicte Galup (who has previously worked with him as an animator) but also for each of the stories being written by a different person (in all other cases, Ocelot has been the sole writer and director of his films).
Cast
- Pierre-Ndoffé Sarr as Kirikou
- Awa Sene Sarr as Karaba
- Robert Liensol as The Grandfather
- Marie-Philomène Nga as The Mother
- Emile Abossolo M'Bo as The Uncle
- Pascal N'Zonzi as The old man
References
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=718
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
External links
- Official website of Michel Ocelot
- Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages official Web site (French)
- Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages at the Barbican Centre
- Kirikou and the Wild Beasts at the Internet Movie Database
- Kirikou Et Les Bêtes Sauvages at The Big Cartoon DataBase
- Kirikou and the Wild Beasts at AllMovie
- Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages at Le Palais des dessins animés