Brendan and the Secret of Kells / The Secret of Kells
Belgium, France, Ireland / 2009 / 75' 0''
Director: Tomm Moore
Production: Les Armateurs, Cartoon Saloon, Vivifilm
Distribution: Celluloid Dreams
Animation: Fabian Erlinghäuser
Set: Tomm Morre, Barry Reynolds
Screenplay: Tomm Moore, Fabrice Ziolkowski
Editing: Fabienne Alvarez-Giro
Music: Bruno Coulais, Kila
Sound: Kairen Waloch
Cast: Evan McGuire, Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally, Christen Mooney
Synopsis
Twelve hundred years ago an orphan named Brendan met Brother Aidan, the keeper of an extraordinary, but unfinished, book of illuminations. Aidan sets Brendan a great task, to complete the Book of Kells, which sees him called to a new life of creativity and imagination where adventure, danger and action await him. With the threat of invading Vikings all around and the help of Aisling, a mysterious young girl, Brendan faces his deepest fears to complete the task. The Book of Kells is one of the masterpieces of European art and this story, a blend of fantasy and legend, tells of its creation.