The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lion

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The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lion

2010

0h 9m

7.0(2 votes)

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Max is a seven year old deaf boy growing up in the 1960s. One day he goes on a school trip to the zoo, where he sees a lion for the first time. A feeling begins to grow inside him that will change his life forever.

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