Film

Leo the Lion

2005 · 1h 17m · Animation · Comedy · Family

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.

Neri Marcorè

Leo (voice)

Leo Gullotta

Cobo (voice)

Carlo Conti

Zanco (voice)

Simona Marchini

L'Elefantrice (voice)

Elio Pandolfi

Camea (voice)

Dario Penne

Il Tartarugo (voice)

Emanuela Rossi

Avoria (voice)

Manuel Meli

Elefantino #1 (voice)

Alex Polidori

Elefantino #2 (voice)

Federico Mirra

Leonardo (voice)

Teresa Battaglia

Nanou la Scimmiotta (voice)

Eugenia Bonanni

Zebrina (voice)

Emanuela Baroni

Mamma Leonessa (voice)

Gerolamo Alchieri

Crok (voice)

Manfredi Aliquò

Drill (voice)

Luigi Ferraro

Iena Capo (voice)

• Mario CambiScreenplay · Director
• Pierstefano MarangoniScreenplay
• Orietta BorgiaStory
• Mario AmbrosinoProducer
• Veronica SalviProducer
• Monica BonomiProducer
• Marco CarosiDirector of Photography
• Simone RosatiEditor
• Claudio Di MauroEditor

Release date

June 17, 2005

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

G

Genres

Animation, Comedy, Family

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