BCHARRE, Lebanon (AP) — Salma Hayek is visiting her ancestral homeland Lebanon to launch "The Prophet," an animated feature film she co-produced.

The film is a screen adaptation of the book by the same name written nearly a century ago by the famed Lebanese-American poet and philosopher Khalil Gibran.

Hayek traveled Sunday to this picturesque mountainous village in the country's north to visit Gibran's museum, which has over 400 of his paintings and portraits, handwritten notes and a copy of "The Prophet" that reportedly belonged to Elvis Presley.

Hayek said: "Let us have a private moment in this place that we dreamt so long to be a part of."

Director Roger Allers accompanied Hayek.

The Mexican actress' paternal grandfather was Lebanese and immigrated to Mexico.