Lionel

(BE, CH, CI)

Feature film - Fiction

Finished - Minor

2010 - 86 min - IT

Director : Mohammed Soudani

Screenplay : Mohammed Soudani

Casting : Fabrizio Rongione, Fatou Kine Boye, Max Tardioli, Lorenzo Tanzi, Mona Petri, le lion TZAR

Producer : Eklektik Productions (BE), Amka Films Productions (CH), Nikadys Production (CI)

Partners : RSI Radiotélévision suisse, Oltremondo Studio, Virtual Solution, Animoka Studios, Eklektik Production, Diberti & C srl, Office fédéral de la culture, Fonds de production télévisuelle Sarl, Republique et Canton du Tessin, FilmPlus de la Suisse Italienne, Fondation Suisa

Distributor : Films Productions (CH)

International sales : Films Productions (CH)

Synopsis

During a class trip to the zoo, Lionel, a young african boy, is irresistibly attracted by an old lion in a cage. The animal whispers to help him to return to Africa ... these words sound strangely like the ones his grandfather told him just before his death in their African village.