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EURO KIDS - SCREENINGS 2002

 

 

 

The lion tamer

Original Title

Lejontämjaren

Director

Manne Lindwall

Genre

Country of origin

Sweden

Language spoken

Swedish

Production

Unlimited Stories, the cooperation project between Illusion Film AB & Sonet Film AB
in cooperation with Film i Väst / Tomas Eskilsson and SVT Väst / Gunnar Carlsson with support from Svenska Filminstituet / Niklas Rådström

Domestic distribution

Sonet Film AB
Box 20105
S – 161 02 Bromma
tel +46 8 555 248 00
fax +46 8 28 58 34
cat@sonetfilm.se

Date of release

February 2003

International sales agent

tba
 
Synopsis

9-year old Simon has a make-believe lion as his constant companion. In reality he is bullied in school by the two year older Alex. His mother Karin meets a new man, Björn, who seems to be a new hope for Simon. Everything changes when it turns out that Björn is the father of Alex and the plan is for them all to live together.