Mia and the White Lion

Mia and the White Lion (2018)

Mia et le lion blanc

Friendship is the wildest adventure of all

A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.

Date of release
2018-08-02
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (937)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Adventure, Family, Drama
Director
Gilles de Maistre

Casting

Interesting facts

Mia and the White Lion is a French-German-South African 2018 family adventure film directed by Gilles de Maistre. The film stars Daniah de Villiers, Mélanie Laurent, and Langley Kirkwood. It was released in France on 26 December 2018 and in the United States on 12 April 2019.

Production

Directed by French director Gilles de Maistre, the expansive production was filmed over the course of three years so that the film's young stars Daniah De Villiers and Ryan Mac Lennon could bond and develop real relationships with the lions and other animals that appear in the film. The scenes between the actors and the animals in the film are real and not reliant on CGI.

Kevin Richardson, a lion expert also known as the "Lion Whisperer", oversaw the entire production process and all interactions between the lions and the children ensuring the safety of the animals, cast and crew on set.

The film is based on an original story written by de Maistre's wife, Prune de Maistre, after they visited lion-breeding farms in South Africa. The screenplay is written by Prune de Maistre and William Davies. The film is co-produced by Studiocanal, M6 Films, Film Afrika and Pandora film and created in collaboration with Canal+, Cine+, M6, W9 and Film-und Medienstiftung NRW in partnership with Kevin Richardson.

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