Mune: Guardian of the Moon
Mune: Guardian of the Moon (French: Mune, le gardien de la lune) is a 2014 French animated adventure fantasy film directed by Benoît Philippon and Alexandre Heboyan and written by Jérôme Fansten and Benoît Philippon. The movie tells the story of the guardian of the Moon, who must recover the stolen Sun. The film was made with computer graphics and 3D stereoscopy and features the voices of Michael Gregorio, Omar Sy and Izïa Higelin. The film premiered at Forum des images on 6 December 2014 and was theatrically released in France on 14 October 2015.
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| Directed by | Alexandre Heboyan Benoît Philippon |
| Written by | Benoît Philippon Jérôme Fansten |
| Produced by | Dimitri Rassam Aton Soumache Alexis Vonarb |
| Starring | Omar Sy Izïa Higelin Michaël Grégorio |
| Edited by | Isabelle Malenfant |
| Music by | Bruno Coulais |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | English French |
| Budget | $17 million |
| Box office | $14.5 million |
The film earned $14.5 million on a reported $17 million budget. It received nominations for the Annecy International Animated Film Festival for Cristal Award for Best Feature Film and the World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year for its music composer, Bruno Coulais. The film won the Young People's Jury Award at the TIFF Kids International Film Festival and the Best Film Award at the Tokyo Anime Awards.