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Tales from the Zoo (1994)
Directed by Philippe de Broca
Comedy · 1h 33m
In Paris, near the end of World War II, crotchety professor Fernand Bonnard maintains a zoo and continues his research. He's a coward, as is his debonair son, Armand, who has one daughter, Philippine. On her eighth birthday, Armand picks her up from her repressive boarding school and takes her to Fernand's to celebrate. Father and son quarrel, and Armand leaves, only to be arrested and shot for violating curfew. In grief, the curmudgeonly Fernand does not tell Philippine, but invents a life for Armand as a captain of the Resistance. Fernand takes her from school to live with him and his sensible wife. Along the way, Philippine finds out the truth and Fernand discovers courage.
Cast
Claude Rich
Salomé Stévenin
Rose Thiéry
Samuel Labarthe
Crew
- Director
- Philippe de Broca
Details
- Original title
- Le Jardin des plantes
- Release date
- 1994-11-19
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Germany, France
- Production
- Vereinigte Film Partners, TF1 Films Production, Son et Lumière, Mafilm, Maecenas Film- und Fernseh GmbH, CNC, Canal+