A story about a young colt named Riyah who is separated from his mother when she is sold to a horse trader. Riyah is determined to find and rejoin his mother, with help from his Partridge bird friend he escapes from the stable in Mecca, heads for the desert to travel to Medina. Riyah meets Jamel , a wise old camel who befriends him and guides him through the desert. They are pursued by a couple of crooks from Mecca who want to capture the little colt , not for the reward but to sell it for even more gold, also tagging along is a cute little lizard and then a pair of vultures , one of which was having an amusing existential crisis.
Along the way the travelers take shelter from a sandstorm in a cave, Jamel tells the young horse the story of Abu Bakr and Muhammad , and their journey through the desert, about the Muslims and Mushriks, worship of idols and gods, the battles of Badr and Uhud, all in a child friendly tale.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this film owing to the lack of any plot synopsis, so when it turned into a Muslim religious fable I was quite surprised, as were the family behind me in the cinema who all left early when it became apparent.
The animation isn't great , it looks unfinished, the mostly likeable main characters lack hair !, as if the final stage of rendering was cancelled!? It just looks low budget and is a big distraction.
Along the way the travelers take shelter from a sandstorm in a cave, Jamel tells the young horse the story of Abu Bakr and Muhammad , and their journey through the desert, about the Muslims and Mushriks, worship of idols and gods, the battles of Badr and Uhud, all in a child friendly tale.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this film owing to the lack of any plot synopsis, so when it turned into a Muslim religious fable I was quite surprised, as were the family behind me in the cinema who all left early when it became apparent.
The animation isn't great , it looks unfinished, the mostly likeable main characters lack hair !, as if the final stage of rendering was cancelled!? It just looks low budget and is a big distraction.
