Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will i... Read allExiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.
- Awards
- 1 win & 10 nominations
- Mustafa
- (voice)
- Kamila
- (voice)
- (as Salma Hayek Pinault)
- Almitra
- (voice)
- Halim
- (voice)
- Pasha
- (voice)
- Sergeant
- (voice)
- Baker
- (voice)
- …
- Baker
- (voice)
- …
- Grocer
- (voice)
- …
- Orange Seller
- (voice)
- …
- Woman with Shawl
- (voice)
- …
- School Girl
- (voice)
- School Boy
- (voice)
- Bride's Mother
- (voice)
- …
- Female Guest #1
- (voice)
- Old Olive Man
- (voice)
- …
- Directors
- Roger Allers
- Gaëtan Brizzi(segment On Death)
- Paul Brizzi(segment On Death)
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSalma Hayek promoted this film on her visit to Lebanon, the birth place of Gibran Kahlil Gibran. Hayek is also of Lebanese descent.
- Quotes
Mustafa: I have seen people throw themselves down and worship their own freedom, like slaves before a tyrant. Praising him though he slays them. I have seen the freest among them wear their freedom as a handcuff, and my heart bled within me. For you can only be free when you no longer speak of freedom as a goal. And how can you be free, unless you break the chains you have fastened around yourself? In truth, that which you call freedom is the strongest of these chains, though its links glitter in the sun.
Mustafa: And to become free, what would you remove that is not a part of yourself? If it's a tyrant, his throne was built within you. If it's a care you would cast off, that care has been chosen by you. And if it's a fear you would drive away, the root of that fear is in your heart, and not in the hand of the feared.
Mustafa: These things move within you, as lights and shadows in constant half-embrace. You'll be free indeed, not when your days are without a care, nor you nights without grief, but rather when these things bind up your life, and yet you rise above them, unbound.
While the book has no story or characters, someone decided to try and turn it into a movie. The basic premise is a young, mute girl and her mother meet an imprisoned philosopher the state is afraid of and travel a little with him. Along the way, he muses on subjects like love and food and death.
The framing story, done by the folks behind is very engaging, with likable characters and a simple but appealing story. The problem is the musings, each a Gibran poems animated by a different animator and either read by Liam Neeson (perfect voice for it) or turned into a pop song.
I hated most of these. The animation is rarely interesting enough to stand on its own, and because there are tons of pauses to let the animation breath, Gibran's words are unfocussed and lack their melodic rhythms. Also the songs are pretty dreadful.
The end result is an hour of entertaining drama broken up by tedious little animation of poems that stand better on their own.
Some people seem to have really enjoyed this, but I can't recommend it. Or at least, not unless you fast forward through all the poetry.
- cherold
- Apr 4, 2021
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $725,489
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,435
- Aug 9, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $1,261,412
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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