MIA AND THE WHITE LION
by Gilles de Maistre
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.
| international title: | Mia and the White Lion |
| original title: | Mia et le Lion Blanc |
| country: | France, Germany, South Africa |
| sales agent: | StudioCanal |
| year: | 2018 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Gilles de Maistre |
| film run: | 98' |
| release date: | FR 26/12/2018, BE 26/12/2018, HU 27/12/2018, FI 4/01/2019, IT 17/01/2018, DE 31/01/2018, SE 1/02/2019, PT 7/02/2019, NO 8/02/2019, DK 21/02/2019, ES 12/04/2019, CZ 25/04/2019, SK 25/04/2019 |
| screenplay: | Gilles de Maistre, Prune de Maistre, William Davies, Jean-Paul Husson |
| cast: | Daniah De Villiers, Mélanie Laurent, Langley Kirkwood, Ryan Mac Lennan, Lionel Newton, Lillian Dube, Brandon Auret, Paul Davies, Ashleigh Harvey, Tessa Jubber |
| cinematography by: | Brendan Barnes |
| film editing: | Julien Rey |
| art director: | Ruth Greaves |
| costumes designer: | Fianca Barnard |
| music: | Armand Amar |
| producer: | Jacques Perrin, Valentine Perrin, Nicolas Elghozi, Catherine Camborde, Gilles de Maistre, Stéphane Simon |
| co-producer: | Meryl Schutte, Reinhard Brundig |
| production: | Galatée Films, Outside Films, M6 Films, Pandora Filmproduktion, Film Afrika (ZA) |
| distributor: | StudioCanal, Athena Films, Prorom Media-Trade Gmbh, SF Studios Denmark, SF Studios Finland Oy, StudioCanal Germany, Eagle Pictures, NOS Lusomundo Audiovisuais (NOS Audiovisuais), SF Studios Norge AS, SF Studios, A Contracorriente Films, Bontonfilm |