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Runtime: 97 min.
Production: Irlandia/Wlk. Brytania , 2017
Category: family / history
Release Date: 28 September 2018
Distribution: Kino Świat
Directed by: Colin McIvor
Cast: Toby Jones, Penelope Wilton, Art Parkinson
A touching and uplifting story of great courage, friendship and perseverance. "Zoo" is a story inspired by real events, a boy who decides to save a small elephant from the zoo during the German bombing in Belfast in 1941. The main roles include Art Parkinson ("Kubo and the Two Strings"), nominated for the Golden Globe Toby Jones ("Naga Normandia") and Penelope Wilton ("Downton Abbey"). "Zoo" found itself in programs such as The International Film Festival for Children in New York and the Chicago Film Festival.
Belfast, 1941. The father of the young Tom (Art Parkinson) gets a call to the army, thus leaving the family and a new member of the zoo unattended - a baby elephant named Buster. When German bombing begins to threaten the inhabitants of the zoo, Tom, with the help of friends and a curious animal lover (Penelope Wilton) decides to save Buster. A film based on facts.
Film presented as part of the Frajda Film Festival for Children and Youth.