Tales from the Zoo 1994 Directed by Philippe de Broca Le Jardin des plantes
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.
Gnere
Comedy
Production Companies
Canal+
,
CNC
,
TF1 Films Production
,
Son et Lumière
,
Mafilm
,
Vereinigte Film Partners
,
Maecenas Film- und Fernseh GmbH
Release Date 19 November 1994
93 mins
Cast
Claude Rich
Fernand Bornard
Salomé Stévenin
Philippine Bornard
Rose Thiéry
Jeanne
Samuel Labarthe
Armand
