The Secret of Kells (2009)

Directed by

Nora Twomey, Tomm Moore

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, adventure film, children's film

Country

France, Belgium, Ireland

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 797 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy in a medieval Irish abbey helps a fairy girl protect a magic book from dark forces. He learns about courage and creativity while working with monks to illuminate the manuscript.

adventureatmosphericwhimsicaltendervisually lushmythicalcozygentle

What happens

The Secret of Kells is a 2009 animated fantasy drama film directed by Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey, produced by Paul Young, Didier Brunner and Viviane Vanfleteren, and written by Fabrice Ziolkowski. An Irish-French-Belgian co-production, led by the animation studio Cartoon Saloon, the film is about the making of the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript from the 9th century. It stars Evan McGuire, Brendan Gleeson, Christen Mooney, Mick Lally (in his final film role), Michael McGrath, Liam Hourican, Paul Tylak and Paul Young. The Secret of Kells premiered on 8 February 2009 at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. It went into wide release in Belgium and France on 11 February, and Ireland on 3 March. It was distributed by Gébéka Films in France, Kinepolis Film Distribution in Belgium and Buena Vista International in Ireland. The film received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Pixar's Up. The film is the first installment in Moore's "Irish Folklore Trilogy", preceding the films Song of the Sea (2014) and Wolfwalkers (2020). All three were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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