Movie

Babar: King of the Elephants

1999 · 80 min

A gentle, storybook animated adventure that balances warmth and mild peril, inviting you into a whimsical world of elephants and city life.

Tagline: Long live happiness!
Overview: Babar is a young elephant in the great forest. Whilst out with his mother a hunter kills his mother and he flees to escape the same fate. He eventually finds himself in a human city and experiences the many differences between city and forest life. Treated as an outsider he is taken in by an elderly woman, dressed in fancy suits, taught to write and count and is brought up in human culture.
How it feels: Warm, whimsical, melancholic and earnest. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Family, grief, identity, coming-of-age
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
identity
coming-of-age
friendship
Places: fantasy world
big city
wilderness
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none