LITTLE LION
synopsis
Mitri is 15 and lives in a village in Senegal. Like most of his friends, he plays football and dreams of the Barça and Chelsea. When a recruiting agent shows him some interest, Mitri believes his day has come. But one has to pay to access the great European clubs and so does Mitri’s family, who got into debt to support the young champion’s trip. Once in Paris, the dream collapses. The agent was a crook and Mitri is left alone penniless in the unknown city. So began Mitri’s French Odyssey, made of encounters and gets going, from Africans Community Centers in the Paris suburbs to a cook training in the East of France. But against all odds, his dream of football will be revived.
international title: | Little Lion |
original title: | Comme un lion |
country: | France |
sales agent: | Pyramide International |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Samuel Collardey |
film run: | 101' |
release date: | FR 09/01/2013 |
screenplay: | Samuel Collardey, Catherine Paillé, Nadège Trebal |
cast: | Mytri Attal, Marc Barbé, Marc Berman, Anne Coesens, Jean-François Stévenin |
cinematography by: | Samuel Collardey, Stéphane Raymond |
film editing: | Sylvie Lager |
producer: | Grégoire Debailly |
production: | Geko Films, ARTE France, ARTE France Cinéma, Canal+, Ciné+ |
distributor: | Pyramide Distribution |