Nobody's Boy: Remi
(1977)
★ 8.2 IMDb · 143 votes
Year: 1977
Runtime: 24 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 出崎統
Cast: Масако Сугая, 近藤洋介, 鈴木弘子, Такэси Аоно, 武藤礼子, 山本嘉子, 小原乃梨子, Сёдзо Иидзука, Канэта Кимоцуки, 高坂真琴
Plot
Orphaned Remi gets hired out to a traveling street entertainer Vitalis when her foster parents fall on hard times.
Remi is a boy living happily with his mother in the French countryside. But everything changes when his estranged father comes home and, in desperate need of money, reveals that Remi is adopted, and sells him. Heartbroken, Remi ends up with Vitalis, a traveling musician, and his troupe of animal entertainers. Together, they travel the country in search for Remi's real parents, along the way learning the harsh lessons of life. A deeply moving story about friendship, loss and the pursuit of happiness.