by Michel Ocelot · CRUÏLLA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466117289
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«Azur & Asmar» is the children's picture book by Michel Ocelot, published by Cruïlla in hardback (40 pages, in Catalan).
Asmar and Azur, childhood friends separated for years, reunite in an adventure set in a colourful desert landscape. The story, with fantastical creatures, places the friendship between the two protagonists at the heart of the narrative.
First title in the Picture Books collection. Text and illustrations by Michel Ocelot, translated by Gustau Raluy i Bruguera. Published in 2007.
Suitable for children and young readers, especially for Catalan-speaking readers.
Michel Ocelot is a French screenwriter, designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs and a former president of the International Animated Film Association. Though best known for his 1998 debut feature Kirikou and the Sorceress, his earlier films and television work had already won Césars and British Academy Film Awards among others and he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on 23 October 2009, presented to him by Agnès Varda who had been promoted to commandeur earlier the same year. In 2015 he got the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb.
