Leo the Lion (2005)
1h 17m
Running Time
June 17, 2005Release Date
Plot.
It’s a hard life for young Leo: his family just doesn’t understand why he’s a vegetarian lion. His solitude ends when he meets Avoria, the elephant queen, who has recently given birth to two calves with braided tails. Mysteriously widowed, Avoria is courted by dapper Zanco. By a series of misfortunes she is separated from her young. Leo steps in to take care of them: thus begins his search for legendary Milk Lake, during which he experiences all sorts of incredible adventures. This fable with a happy ending handles the themes of diversity and racism with engaging originality.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Neri Marcorè
Leo
Leo Gullotta
Cobo
Carlo Conti
Zanco
Simona Marchini
L'Elefantrice
Elio Pandolfi
Camea
Dario Penne
Il Tartarugo
Emanuela Rossi
Avoria
Manuel Meli
Elefantino 1
Pierstefano Marangoni
Writer
Alex Polidori
Elefantino 2
Paul Mason
Writer
Teresa Battaglia
Nanou la Scimmiotta (voice)
Federico Mirra
Leonardo
Stewart St. John
Writer
Mario Cambi
Director
Eugenia Bonanni
Zebrina (voice)
Emanuela Baroni
Mamma Leonessa (voice)
Gabriel Aronson
Writer
Gerolamo Alchieri
Crok (voice)
Manfredi Aliquò
Drill (voice)
Paulette Victor-Lifton
Writer
Luigi Ferraro
Iena Capo (voice)
Leonardo Graziano
Avvoltoio Capo (voice)
Roberta Gasparetti
Leopardessa (voice)
Diana Anselmo
Giraffa (voice)
Alessandro Molinari
Composer
Sergio Fiorentini
Ippopotamo (voice)
Marco Carosi
Cinematographer
Antonio Sanna
Serpente (voice)
Jacopo Gasparetti
Nipotino (voice)
Valeria Vidali
Voci Addizionali (voice)
Alessandro Budroni
Voci Addizionali (voice)
Antonio Bonanotte
Voci Addizionali (voice)
Paola Bacchetti
Voci Addizionali (voice)
Ambrogio Colombo
Voci Addizionali (voice)
Furio Pergolani
Voci Addizionali (voice)
Mattia Nissolino
Voci Addizionali (voice)
Benedetta Manfredi
Voci Addizionali (voice)
Claudio Di Mauro
Editor
Mario Ambrosino
Producer
Paolo Modugno
Art Direction
Goffredo Gibellini
Sound Engineer
Orietta Borgia
Story
Veronica Salvi
Producer
Luca Modugno
Art Direction
Giulia Dietrich
Assistant Director
Simone Rosati
Editor
Davide Zarlenga
Assistant Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 17, 2005
Original NameLa storia di Leo
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 17m
Content RatingG
Genres
Wiki.
Leo the Lion (Italian: La Storia Di Leo) is a 2005 Italian computer-animated adventure musical film directed by Mario Cambi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Pierstefano Marangoni. It stars Neri Marcorè, Leo Gullotta and Carlo Conti. The film follows Leo, a lion who exhibits a vegetarian diet which causes him to be an outcast among his pride, so he sets off on a journey to find the "Heart of the Jungle", a place that Leo's deceased mother to him to go to, with his friend Uncle Lope and a couple of baby elephants tagging along with him.
Produced by Dujass Film, the film was originally released on June 17, 2005. Sometime around 2013, an English-dub of the film was released onto Netflix by The Weinstein Company.