The Boy Who Wanted to Be A Lion

Directed by Alois Di Leo · Starring Harry Boyd-Walker, Naomi Frederick, Tristan Sturrock, Tristran Sturrock · 2010

Max, a seven-year-old deaf boy growing up in the 1960s, sees a lion for the first time on a school trip to the zoo, awakening a feeling that will change his life.

A tender, beautifully crafted animation about a deaf boy discovering who he really is.

Max is a seven-year-old deaf boy growing up in the 1960s. One day he goes on a school trip to the zoo, where he sees a lion for the first time. A feeling begins to grow inside him that will change his life forever.

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