Born Free

Born Free

1966 · 95 min · EN · 6.8 (112 votes)
Dir. James Hill, Tom McGowan · Starring Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Lukoye, Omar Chambati, Bill Godden · Music John Barry · Born Free Collection

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Adventure

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

VIBE

A tender, classic tale of unlikely bonds. It evokes a sense of wonder and gentle melancholy as a game warden raises a lion cub. The film feels like a warm embrace from a bygone era, celebrating nature's beauty and the complexities of coexistence.

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