MIA AND THE WHITE LION


SYNOPSIS
Ten year-old Mia has her life turned upside down when her family decides to leave their home in London to manage a lion farm in South Africa. When a beautiful white lion, Charlie, is born, Mia find happiness again as she develops a close attachment to the wild cub. After three years, Mia’s life is rocked once again when she uncovers an upsetting secret kept hidden by her father. Distraught by the thought that Charlie could be in harm, Mia decides to run away leaving the farm and her family behind. The two set off on an epic adventure across the wild African savanna in search for another land where Charlie can live out his life safe and free.

DIRECTORGilles de Maistre
YEAR2019
STATUScompleted
FESTIVALS AWARDSRome Festa Del Cinema 2018

 
CASTDaniah De Villiers
Mélanie Laurent
Langley Kirkwood
Ryan Mac Lennan
Lionel Newton
Lillian Dube
Brandon Auret

 
CO PRODUCTION WITHproduced by
Galatée Films and Outside Films (FR)
in co-production with
M6 Films (FR)
Film Africa (SA)
Pandora Film (GER)
SUPPORTED BYFilm- and Medienstiftung NRW
among others
WORLD SALESStudiocanal
GERMAN DISTRIBUTORStudiocanal

 
LENGTH129 min.
FORMAT2K DCP
1:2.39
colour
5.1. sound
SHOOTING LOCATIONSouth Africa
ORIGINAL LANGUAGEEnglish

 
PRODUCERSJacques Perrin
Valentine Perrin
Nicolas Elghozi
Gilles de Maistre
Stéphane Simon
Meryl Schutte & Valérie Legrain-Doussau (co-producers)
Reinhard Brundig (co-producer)
WRITERSPrune De Maistre
William Davies
(original idea by: Prune De Maistre
Gilles de Maistre)
CASTINGBonnie Lee Bouman
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHYBrendan Barnes
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENTCatherine Camborde (line producer)
EDITINGJulien Rey
MUSICArmand Amar
SOUNDEmmanuel Guionet (sound recordist)
Corinna Fleig & Rainer Heesch (sound designers)
Tobias Fleig (re-recording mixer)
ART DIRECTIONRuth Greaves
COSTUMESFianca Barnard
MAKE UP HAIR

 
SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLEyes
DVD VIDEO AVAILABLEn/s
LINKSn/s

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