Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
– A foundling, raised in the circus, Sam Lion becomes a businessman after a trapeze accident. However,..
A foundling, raised in the circus, Sam Lion becomes a businessman after a trapeze accident. However, when he reaches fifty and becomes tired of his responsibilities and of his son Jean-Philippe, he decides to disappear at sea. However, he runs into Albert Duvivier, one of his former employees. He comes to realise that he has ignored the important things in his life.
30 Nov 1988
French
On a cloudy day, in a small town, a carnival is going on. There's singing and dancing, kids with their bicycles storming up and down the road, families with their kids watching the games. Next to a big carousel, a three-year-old boy, is watching the activities from a distance, unattended and with a small note on his hand, crying inconsolably. The man operating the machine, observes the sad scene and asks the boy of the whereabouts of his mother and the content of the note. It seems that the poor boy, abandoned by his mother, has nowhere to go. From that point on, the boy will become part of a travelling circus and start a career as an intrepid trapeze acrobat. The boy will leave the circus and become a man, starting his own business, ultimately reaching the peak by being the biggest in his trade. Accomplished, married and divorced, with kids, wealth and recognition, will one day quit the firm and his current lifestyle, to set out on a solitary voyage of self-awareness, crossing the ocean never to come back and ending in Africa. There, the most improbable friendship will start and after two years of being presumed dead, a spark will rekindle, making him see that even if you've done and seen it all, you would be surprised at what life still has to offer...
1 win & 3 nominations.