''Kirikou and the Wild Beasts'' ( French: ''Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages'') is a 2005 French animated feature film. It premiered at the

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on 13 May and, unlike its predecessor, received only festival screenings in all English-speaking territories. It was released on English-subtitled

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in the

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by KimStim (distributed by

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) on 29 July 2008 as ''Kirikou and the Wild Beast''. __TOC__

Synopsis

The film is a sub-story to ''

Kirikou and the Sorceress ''Kirikou and the Sorceress'' (french: Kirikou et la Sorcière, ) is a 1998 traditional animation feature film written and directed by Michel Ocelot. Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves h ...

'' rather than a straight

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. The movie is set while Kirikou is still a child and Karaba is still a sorceress. Like ''

Princes et Princesses ''Princes et Princesses'' (Princes and Princesses) is a 2000 compilation film by French animator Michel Ocelot. The film consists of six episodes of the 1989 French silhouette animation television series ''Ciné si''. Release Produced in 1999 ...

'' and ''Les Contes de la nuit'', it is an

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comprising several episodic stories, each of them describing Kirikou's interactions with different animals. It is however unique among

Michel Ocelot Michel Ocelot (born 27 October 1943) is a French Screenwriter, writer, Production designer, designer, storyboard artist and Film director, director of animation, animated films and television programs (formerly also animator, background artist, n ...

's films, not only in that it is co-directed by Bénédicte Galup (who has previously worked with him as an animator) but also for each of the stories being written by a different person (in all other cases, Ocelot has been the sole writer and director of his films).

Cast

* Pierre-Ndoffé Sarr as Kirikou *

Awa Sene Sarr Awa (or variants) may refer to: People * Awa (given name), notable people named Awa or Hawa * Awá (Brazil), an indigenous people of Brazil * Awa-Kwaiker, an indigenous people of Colombia and Ecuador Languages * Awa language (China) or Wa (Va) l ...

as Karaba *

Robert Liensol The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

as The grandfather * Marie-Philomène Nga as The mother *

Emile Abossolo M'Bo Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *''Emil and the Detective ...

as The uncle *

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as The old man

References

External links

Official website of Michel Ocelot

''Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages''
official website
''Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages''
at the

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