Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2015 film)
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| Directed by | Roger Allers |
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Salma Hayek Clark Peterson Jose Tamez Ron Senkowski |
| Written by | Roger Allers |
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The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran |
| Starring |
Liam Neeson Salma Hayek John Krasinski Frank Langella Alfred Molina Quvenzhané Wallis |
| Music by | Gabriel Yared |
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| Distributed by | GKIDS |
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84 minutes |
| Country | Canada France Ireland Lebanon Qatar United States |
| Language | English |
The Prophet (full title Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet) is a 2014 animated film adapted from Kahlil Gibran's book The Prophet. The film was produced by Salma Hayek, who also performed voice work. The production consisted of different directors for each of the film's collective essays, with Animation director Roger Allers supervising and credited as screenwriter. Segment directors include Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi, Joan C. Gratz, Mohammed Saeed Harib, Tomm Moore, Nina Paley, Bill Plympton, Joann Sfar and Michal Socha. The film had an in-progress preview at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
On February 5, 2015 it was confirmed that animation distributor GKIDS has acquired North American rights to the film.
Kamila, a widowed mother, works as the housekeeper for Mustafa, a foreign poet, painter, and political activist being held under house arrest. Mustafa is guarded by the soldier Halim, who has a secret crush on Kamila. Kamila's daughter, Almitra, has stopped talking due to her father's death, and has become a troublemaker who frequently steals from local merchants. Almitra has seagulls for her only friends; she even seems able to talk to them by making birdlike noises. Halim's pompous Sergeant arrives to tell Mustafa that he is now free, but he must board a ship to his home country by day's end. The Sergeant escorts Mustafa to the ship, and Mustafa spends the time conversing with Kamila, Almitra and Halim, as well as with the townspeople, who regard him as a hero. Mustafa's conversations, ranging in topics from freedom to marriage to parenthood to eating, are animated by the movie's many directors in their own unique styles.
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