Roselyne and the Lions

(1988)

★ 5.5 IMDb · 20 votes

Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Action

Year: 1988

Runtime: 176 мин

Country: France

Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix

Cast: Isabelle Pasco, Gérard Sandoz, Gabriel Monnet, Philippe Clévenot, Günter Meisner, Wolf Harnisch, Jacques Le Carpentier, Carlos Pavlidis, Jacques Mathou, Ярослав Визнер

Plot

Thierry drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo where he meets Roselyne, who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he loses his job, the young lovers journey across France finding odd jobs at several circuses. In Germany, they fall under the tutelage of ageing big cat trainer, Klint, and while they are closer to realising their dreams, they find that their success drivers them part.