Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated and stirring adventure, and a throwback to a bygone era of hand-drawn animation and epic storytelling set among sweeping CinemaScope vistas of parched desert, wind-swept mountains and open skies. Under the cover of darkness a small boy, Maki, loosens the shackles that bind him and escapes into the desert night. Pursued by slavers across the moon-lit savannah, Maki meets Zarafa, a baby giraffe – and an orphan, just like him – as well as the nomad Hassan, Prince of the Desert. Hassan takes them to Alexandria for an audience with the Pasha of Egypt, who orders him to deliver the exotic animal as a gift to King Charles of France.
Zarafa has generally received positive reviews.
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Zarafa was released in 2012 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 19 reviews, giving Zarafa (2012) an average rating of 65%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 69% and users giving an average score of 71%.
With a score of 65%, Zarafa is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2012, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2012 with similar scores include films like Hotel Transylvania, Men in Black 3 and The Grey.
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