Justin and the Knights of Valour

Justin and the Knights of Valour
Spanish theatrical release poster
Directed by	Manuel Sicilia
Produced by	Marcelino Almansa Antonio Banderas Kerry Fulton Ralph Kamp Kandor Graphics
Written by	Matthew Jacobs Manuel Sicilia
Story by	Manuel Sicilia
Starring	Freddie Highmore Antonio Banderas James Cosmo Charles Dance Tamsin Egerton Rupert Everett Barry Humphries Alfred Molina Mark Strong David Walliams Julie Walters Olivia Williams Saoirse Ronan
Narrated by	Freddie Highmore James Cosmo
Music by	Ilan Eshkeri
Cinematography	Javier Fernández
Edited by	Claudio Hernández
Production company	Aliwood Mediterráneo Producciones Kandor Graphics Out Of The Box Features
Distributed by	Entertainment One (United Kingdom) Sony Pictures Entertainment (Spain)
Release date	13 September 2013 (2013-09-13) (United Kingdom) 20 September 2013 (2013-09-20) (Spain)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Spain UK
Language	English

Justin and the Knights of Valour (Spanish: Justin y la espada del valor) is a 2013 English-language Spanish 3D computer animated fantasy film whose working title was Goleor: The Scales and the Sword. It is the story of a boy named Justin, who wants to become a knight like his grandfather Sir Roland. It was produced, created, developed and animated by Kandor Graphics, the second of their two animated films (the first was the 2008 film, The Missing Lynx). It was produced by Antonio Banderas, Marcelino Almansa, Kerry Fulton and Ralph Kamp. It was written by Matthew Jacobs and Manuel Sicilia with music by Ilan Eshkeri. It was edited by Claudio Hernández and directed by Manuel Sicilia. Sony Pictures Entertainment distributed it in Spain, and Entertainment One in the United Kingdom.

The film premiered on 13 September 2013 and was released theatrically in September 2013 in Spain and the United Kingdom.Justin and the Knights of Valour was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Paramount Home Media Distribution in 2014.

Justin (Freddie Highmore) lives in the kingdom of Gabylonia, where lawyers control everything and knights have been ousted. His dream is to become one of the Knights of Valour, like his grandfather, Sir Roland. But his father Reginald (Alfred Molina), a widower and the chief counsel to the Queen (Olivia Williams), wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer. After an argument with his father, Justin seeks comfort from his grandmother (Julie Walters), a friend of the Queen, who encourages him to follow his dreams. Justin notices that his grandfather's sword is missing and decides to find the sword as his knights quest. His grandmother gives him a key which originally belonged to his grandfather and tells him to go to an abbey where three wise monks would train him. Before Justin leaves on his quest, he visits his crush Lara (Tamsin Egerton) who is a spoilt brat and the daughter of the kingdom's greatest businessman. He says farewell to her, though she is not really listening and rather uncaringly gives him a sock as a token.