Once upon a time, there were two children nursed by Jénane: Azur, a blond, blue-eyed son of a nobleman, and Asmar, the tan skinned and dark-eyed child of Jénane. She tells them the story of the Djinn-fairy waiting to be released from her chamber by a good and heroic prince…

From master of French animation Michel Ocelot—whose groundbreaking Kirikou and the Sorceress is now widely praised as a modern classic—comes a parable about brotherly loyalty and the struggles of growing up. Like all the greatest fantasy films, this is clever, astutely layered storytelling.