Leo the Lion

Jun 17, 2005

1h 17m

★ 3.1

Overview

It’s a hard life for young Leo: his family just doesn’t understand why he’s a vegetarian lion. His solitude ends when he meets Avoria, the elephant queen, who has recently given birth to two calves with braided tails. Mysteriously widowed, Avoria is courted by dapper Zanco. By a series of misfortunes she is separated from her young. Leo steps in to take care of them: thus begins his search for legendary Milk Lake, during which he experiences all sorts of incredible adventures. This fable with a happy ending handles the themes of diversity and racism with engaging originality.

Genres

Animation

Comedy

Family

Production Companies

Esse & Bi Cinematografica Produzione

Dujass Film

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Cast

Leo (voice)

Neri Marcorè

Cobo (voice)

Leo Gullotta

Zanco (voice)

Carlo Conti

L'Elefantrice (voice)

Simona Marchini

Camea (voice)

Elio Pandolfi

Il Tartarugo (voice)

Dario Penne

Avoria (voice)

Emanuela Rossi

Elefantino 1 (voice)

Manuel Meli

Elefantino 2 (voice)

Alex Polidori

Leonardo (voice)

Federico Mirra

Nanou la Scimmiotta (voice)

Teresa Battaglia

Zebrina (voice)

Eugenia Bonanni

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