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
doesnÂt
equal
what
you
are.
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