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Azur and Asmar

June 10, 201610:00 p.m.
CóRDOBA
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). 10:00 p.m. Free entrance until the event’s capacity is reached.
Original language version with subtitles in Spanish.

This animated film, directed by Michel Ocelot, will be shown as part of the “Nights of Ramadan” program

This is a fable about tolerance whose main characters are two boys, one Moroccan and one French, both brought up in France as if they were brothers. 

Azur is the son of the family where Asmar’s mother works as a wet nurse. Fate suddenly pulls them apart, but they meet again when Azur decides to set off in search of the fairy of the djinns. 

For children aged six years old or more.

Awards: 
  • Official Section (International Animated Film Festival of Annecy, 2006) 
  • Best Animated Feature Film (International Animated Film Festival of Stuttgart, 2007) 
  • Nominated for Best Original Soundtrack (Cesar Awards, 2007)
  • Audience Award (International Film Festival of Munich, 2007)
  • Nominated for Best Animated Film (Goya Awards, 2008)

Directed by Michel Ocelot (Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, 2006, 100 min.), animated film.
Azur and Asmar

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