Roger Allers, Joan C. Gratz, Tomm Moore, Michal Socha, Nina Paley, Joann Sfar, Bill Plympton, Mohammed Harib, Paul Brizzi, Gaëtan Brizzi

KAHLIL GIBRAN’S THE PROPHET

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Status: Completed

Director(s): Roger Allers, Joan C. Gratz, Tomm Moore, Michal Socha, Nina Paley, Joann Sfar, Bill Plympton, Mohammed Harib, Paul Brizzi, Gaëtan Brizzi

Main cast: Salma Hayek-Pinault, Liam Neeson

Short synopsis : Inspired by the classic book by Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet is an animated feature film written and directed by Roger Allers (The Lion King), with “chapters” from award-winning animation directors from around the world, and featuring worldclass musicians, singers, and composers.

Long synopsis : On the fictional island of Orphalese, a mischievous, eight-year-old girl, Almitra, meets Mustafa, a political prisoner under house arrest. From this chance encounter, an unlikely friendship is born. But on this fateful day that they meet, Mustafa is told by the authorities that he is finally being released—and guards immediately escort him towards the ship that will take him back to his own country. Along the way, Mustafa shares his wisdom and poems with the people of Orphalese, while Almitra secretly follows him. At each stop, she imagines breathtaking visual sequences that accompany his words. When Almitra realizes, however, that the authorities have a very dark surprise in store for Mustafa, she must do everything possible to help him.

Cast

Quvenzhané Wallis, Salma Hayek-Pinault, Liam Neeson, Alfred Molina, Frank Langella, John Krasinski

Crew

Producer(s): Clark Peterson, Salma Hayek-Pinault, José Tamez, Ron Senkowski
Director(s): Roger Allers, Joan C. Gratz, Tomm Moore, Michal Socha, Nina Paley, Joann Sfar, Bill Plympton, Mohammed Harib, Paul Brizzi, Gaëtan Brizzi
DP: Bjarne Hansen
Original Music: Gabriel Yared, Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, Lisa Hannigan, Featued Cello Solos by Yo-Yo Ma