Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
(1988)
★ 7.2 IMDb · 228 votes
Year: 1988
Runtime: 125 мин
Country: France
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Жан-Поль Бельмондо, Richard Anconina, Marie-Sophie L., Jean-Philippe Chatrier, Lio, Daniel Gélin, Béatrice Agenin, Michel Beaune, Pierre Vernier, Gila von Weitershausen
Plot
A foundling, raised in the circus, Sam Lion becomes a businessman after a trapeze accident. However, when he reaches fifty and becomes tired of his responsibilities and of his son Jean-Philippe, he decides to disappear at sea. However, he runs into Albert Duvivier, one of his former employees. He comes to realise that he has ignored the important things in his life.
On a cloudy day in a small-town carnival, an unattended three-year-old boy with a small note in his hand cries inconsolably. As the years pass by, the same boy will start a career as an intrepid trapeze acrobat--and before long--he will reach the peak by being the biggest in his trade. Accomplished, with kids, wealth, and recognition, the man will quit the firm and his current lifestyle to set off on a solitary voyage of self-awareness in the vast landscapes of Africa, never to return. There, the most improbable friendship will start--and after two years of being presumed dead--a spark will rekindle, making him realise, that even if one has done and seen it all, he can be surprised by what life still has to offer.