The legend of Despereaux: everything about this wonderful animated film

The Tale of Despereaux (The legend of Despereaux in France where the pursuit of Despereaux in Quebec) is a beautiful animated film straight out of Universal Studios. The distribution is impressive: Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson, Tracey Ullman, Kevin Kline, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Ciaran Hinds, Robbie Coltrane, Tony Hale, Frances Conroy, Frank Langella, Richard Jenkins, Christopher Lloyd, James Nesbitt and Sigourney Weaver, and the film is directed by Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen. Here, in pictures and videos, the details of this cartoon.

The Tale of Despereaux (The legend of Despereaux) took the poster in Quebec and North America on 19 December and in France on 11 February 2009.

Producers have submitted the cartoon at the Oscars and it will, on 22 January, if it is part of the list of nominations in the category for best animated film.

It was a time in the distant kingdom of Dor, a vibrant place of magic, laughter and ... liters of soup!

But a terrible tragedy has struck this place. The king's heart is broken, the princess feels that nostalgia and the city's inhabitants have no soup. Is that the sun has disappeared! The world became gray. All hope is lost in this land ... until Despereaux Tilling is born.

This modern fairy tale, the creation of Gary Ross in concert with the directors Saturday Fell and Rob Stevenhagen, tells the story of several unlikely heroes: Despereaux (Matthew Broderick), a brave little mouse trapped in the dungeon for speaking to a human ; Roscuro (Dustin Hoffman), a good heart rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled; Pea (Emma Watson), a princess who lives in a dark castle and is a prisoner of the pain of his father and Mig (Tracey Ullman), a maid who aspires to be a princess, but is forced to serve the jailer (Robbie Coltrane) in the castle.

Tiny born with oversized ears, Despereaux was born too big for his small world. Refusing to live a life governed by fear, he befriends a princess who meets the sweet name of Pea and learns to read books rather than to eat, which enables him to discover a world of fairy tales fairytale filled with stories of knights, dragons and justice.

Banished from his world for daring to be more human than mouse, Despereaux is collected by another outcast, Roscuro, who also wants to listen to stories. But when the princess rejects it, it becomes a monster and binds with Mig for fomenting the worst kind of revenge.

After the removal of Pea, Despereaux discovers he is the only one who can save the princess, and that even the smallest mouse can have the courage of a knight in armor.

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The Tale of Despereaux The legend of Despereaux in France

Released: 19 December 2008 in Quebec and North America - 11 February 2009 in France

Cast (voices): Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson, Tracey Ullman, Kevin Kline, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Ciaran Hinds, Robbie Coltrane, Tony Hale, Frances Conroy, Frank Langella, Richard Jenkins, Christopher Lloyd, James Nesbitt, Sigourney Weaver

Director: Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen

Budget (estimated): n / a

Screenplay by Gary Ross based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo

Official site: English