![]() Coach and former pro player Serge ( Marc Barbe) isn’t having it, however, even after he sees that the kid is superior to most of his regular players, and forces Mitri to go through official channels to register with the team.Įven as he quickly develops into one of the top starters, Mitri constantly gets on Serge’s nerves, bugging him for a chance to try out for the coach’s former pro club. Still determined to pursue his dreams of soccer stardom even after the French authorities put him in a group home and enroll him in high school until he reaches legal age, Mitri attempts to crash the practice sessions of a local youth team. Only 15, he can’t possibly afford the recruiter’s fee and begs his grandmother to sell the family’s fruit orchard, his only potential inheritance, to raise the funds for his overseas trip.Īrriving in southern France, Mitri discovers that the recruiter has failed to organize his immigration documents, but it’s not until another agent abandons him on a deserted soccer field that he realizes he’s been duped and his family’s investment lost. So when a scout turns up recruiting players to try out for the French leagues, he’s thrilled to be selected. Young Mitri ( Mytri Attal) may be the star player on his Senegalese town’s club squad, but he’s dreaming of bigger things – like playing for the national Lions team. The film’s sports hook and social relevance could help it gain a foothold via international fest play and perhaps leverage limited theatrical exposure in Francophonic territories. ![]() Human trafficking gets an altogether different spin in Little Lion, a realistic drama set in the world of competitive French soccer leagues.
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