The Prophet (2014)

Watching this movie it became very clear very quickly that I remember nothing of the book from which it came.  So back to the drawing board to get that information.  The film is based on the book of the same name by Lebanese writer/philosopher Gibran. In it, the prophet Almustafa is about to board a ship that will take him home after 12 years away when he is stopped by a group of people and proceeds to discuss a number of topics related to the human condition in the form of 26 prose poems. Since its initial publication in 1923, the book has never gone out of print.  The thing about the animation in this movie is that it is positively lyrical, and while I find the poetry a little too flowery for my taste, the animation matches if to a tee and is fabulous.
I think the approach to telling the story is not entirely successful, but that the beauty of it overall carries it off well, and is worth watching for that reason alone.