Roselyne and the Lions

May. 26,1989      
Rating:
6.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Isabelle Pasco as  Roselyne
Gabriel Monnet as  Frazier
Günter Meisner as  Klint
Jacques Mathou as  Armani
Jaroslav Vízner as  Gunter
Dumitru Furdui as  Stainer
Guillaume Briat as  Matou
Mariusz Pujszo as  The photograph
Hans Meyer as  Rainer

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Reviews

Vashirdfel
1989/05/26

Simply A Masterpiece

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Kaydan Christian
1989/05/27

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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Raymond Sierra
1989/05/28

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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Geraldine
1989/05/29

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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