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Plot summary
The kingdom of Dor is known for its soups, and on Royal Soup Day the rat Roscuro falls into Queen Rosemary's soup at the royal banquet, and she dies. King Philip bans soup and outlaws rats. Chef Andre can no longer make his soup, and the genie Boldo leaves his pot. Princess Pea grieves for the fading kingdom and her own solitude. In a village of mice, Despereaux is born with large ears and grows up unlike the other mice, brave and curious where they are timid. He meets Pea and promises to finish for her the story of a trapped princess. For talking to a human, his parents hand him to the mouse council.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
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- Sylvain Chomet was employed early as director, running pre-production at his studio Django Films in Edinburgh, including character design and the original character of Boldo; he came up against creative and ethical differences with the producers, was fired and thrown out of the studio space, and Mike Johnson was hired before the role went to Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen.
- The Tale of Despereaux grossed $50.9 million in the United States and Canada and $39.6 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $90.5 million; produced on a budget of $60 million, it was a box-office disappointment.
