The plot of the film has a grandfather telling his grand kids the story of Maki, a young boy who escapes from slave traders, befriends a giraffe (the title character), cross the desert, meet a pirate, and a few other things on a trip that takes him from Africa to Paris.... (Full plot summary below)
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The plot of the film has a grandfather telling his grand kids the story of Maki, a young boy who escapes from slave traders, befriends a giraffe (the title character), cross the desert, meet a pirate, and a few other things on a trip that takes him from Africa to Paris.
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| Maven's NestNora Lee MandelHigh-quality, gorgeous looking, entertaining, child-focused, attention-keeping tale imparts history, social significance, cultural diversity and value of passing on stories. |
| Common Sense MediaRenee SchonfeldEnchanting African fable with some scares and sadness. |
| The Herald (Scotland)Alison RowatWhile the subtitles and material might skew this French-language animation towards older children, it is a beautifully rendered piece, with a heart is as big as the Sahara. |
| Under the RadarZach HollwedelA return to animation in its most glorious form-beautiful, inspired, often laugh out loud, and most of all touching. |
| Times (UK)Kevin MaherZarafa is a gorgeously delicate hand-drawn animation about the first giraffe to make the perilous journey from Africa to 19th-century Paris. |
| New York TimesNicolas RapoldZarafa may not be the most groundbreaking feat of storytelling, but it does have a giraffe in a balloon. |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonAlthough the animated characters have a detailed, Disney-friendly feel, there is little of the sentimentality that tends to fur the teeth of US animation. |
| Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellySince there are giraffes in Parisian zoos, there necessarily had to be a first one, and Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie's Zarafa is a beautifully animated and often moving telling of how it arrived there in the early 1800s. |
| ScotsmanAlistair HarknessGently told, but with wild flights of imagination involving hot-air balloons, nomads and spectacular scenery, it's a charming adventure, undercut with wise observations about big themes ... |
| Slant MagazineCarson LundZarafa fails to supply an emotional punch to match the grandeur of its Lawrence of Arabia-inspired compositions. |
