Brendan and the Secret of Kells

Directed by: Tomm Moore & Nora Twomey

Release Date: 11 February 2009

Duration: 75 minutes

Genre: Animation (modern)

Country: Belgium, France, Ireland (2009)

Website: Official website

Original language : English | For children

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Adventure, action and danger await 12-year-old Brendan (newcomer Evan McGuire) who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells.

Brendan is hard at work with his uncle, Abbott Cellach (Brendan Gleeson) and the other monks, helping to strengthen the abbey walls as protection against the Viking raids. But a new life of adventure begins with the arrival of Brother Aidan (Mick Lally), a celebrated master illuminator who initiates Brendan into the art of illumination, awakening his hidden, but extraordinary talents.

In order to finish the magnificent book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him for the first time ever, beyond the abbey walls into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy Aisling (Christen Mooney), a mysterious young white wolf/girl, who will become his closest friend and helper.

But with the terrifying Viking Hordes closing in, will Brendan succeed in his quest to illuminate the darkness and prove that enlightenment is the best fortification against barbarians?

All will be revealed on March 6th, when the illuminated animation of The Secret of Kells (from the award-winning Director Tomm Moore and the acclaimed producers of Skunk Fu) shines its light in Irish cinemas nationwide.

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