Once upon a time, in the faraway kingdom of Dor, there was magic in the
air, laughter aplenty and gallons of mouthwatering soup. But an accident left
the King broken-hearted, the Princess filled with longing and the townsfolk
without their soup. Sunlight disappeared. The world became gray. All hope was
lost in this land& until Despereaux Tilling was born.
A modern fairy tale from visionary filmmaker Gary Ross, together with
directors Sam Fell & Rob Stevenhagen, The Tale of Despereaux tells the story
of several unlikely heroes: Despereaux (Matthew Broderick), a brave mouse
banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human; Roscuro (Dustin Hoffman), a
good-hearted rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled to darkness; Pea (Emma
Watson), a Princess in a gloomy castle who is prisoner to her father s grief;
and Mig (Tracey Ullman), a servant girl who longs to be a Princess, but is
forced to serve the jailer (Robbie Coltrane).
Tiny and graced with oversized ears, Despereaux was born too big for his
little world. Refusing to live his life cowering, he befriends a Princess named
Pea and learns to read (rather than eat) books -- reveling in stories of
knights, dragons and fair maidens. Banished from Mouseworld for being more man
than mouse, Despereaux is rescued by another outcast, Roscuro, who also wants to
hear the tales. But when the Princess dismisses Roscuro's friendship, he becomes
the ultimate rat and plots revenge with fellow outsider Mig.
After Pea is kidnapped, Despereaux discovers he is the only one who can
rescue her ... and that even the tiniest mouse can find the courage of a
knight in shining armor. In this tale of bravery, forgiveness and redemption,
one small creature will teach a kingdom that it takes only a little light to
show the truth: what you look like doesn't equal what you are.
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