Tomm Moore’s unusual animated feature
The Secret of Kells tells the fanciful story of a carrot-topped orphan boy named Brendan (Evan McGuire), who is growing up in some undefined age as the young apprentice in a monastic community. A broad forest surrounds the fortress-like walls of the community, rife not only with the terror of unfamiliarity, but a horrifying creature that could pose a grave threat to the lad. The abbot of the community -- a tall, staunch, and humorless fellow who serves as the boy’s guardian -- expressly forbids him from venturing out into the unknown. The abbot, it seems, is preoccupied with fortifying the monastery walls against an incomi...
Released:
2009
Rated:
n/a
Length:
75 mins