Director: Gilles de Maistre
Cast: Noé Yé, Liu Ye, Alexandra Lamy, Nina Yé, Sylvia Chang
Moon the Panda is a 2025 French adventure family film directed by Gilles de Maistre, following a young boy and a giant panda through an extraordinary cross-continental journey that tests courage, love, and the unbreakable bond between humans and animals.
What is Moon The Panda about?
When a quiet family sets off on what should be a routine trip, the unexpected arrival of Moon — a giant panda cub — reshapes everything. The young boy at the center of the story forges a deep connection with the animal, and together they move through landscapes that swing between beauty and danger. The journey carries the family through moments of laughter and grief, wonder and fear, as they discover that protecting something wild means risking what is ordinary and safe. The film builds its emotional weight slowly, grounding the adventure in the texture of real family dynamics rather than pure spectacle, so that the final outcome lands with genuine feeling.
Cast & crew
Director Gilles de Maistre has built a career around wildlife and human-animal stories, bringing a naturalist's patience to the camera. Noé Yé and Nina Yé lead as the children at the heart of the story, joined by Liu Ye and Sylvia Chang in key adult roles. French actress Alexandra Lamy brings warmth and grounded realism to the family unit.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers and the Iranian diaspora, Moon the Panda offers something increasingly rare: a big-hearted family adventure that works for every generation in the room — grandparents, parents, and children together. French family cinema in this vein, rooted in travel and wildlife, has long found an audience among Iranian households who value storytelling that prioritizes emotional sincerity over cynicism. The film is available on K-Time with a full Persian dub, so younger children can follow every moment without reading subtitles, and families can watch together in Farsi as naturally as if it were a Persian-language production.
Where & how to watch
Moon the Panda is available on K-Time with a Persian dub — the entire film plays in Farsi so children can watch without reading. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone. No VPN needed, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.