Synopsis
One summer day, a boy of about ten appears on the streets of Nice - no family, no possessions, no schooling, but with a brilliant smile. Mondo's most at home in gardens, fields, and at the seashore. The bustle of the city can seem to overwhelm him. He has good survival instincts, running from police and from threatening adults, and he is looking for a family. Over time, people come to know him - he helps out a street magician, befriends an old man who keeps doves in his suitcase, and finds a mother, herself an outsider.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : KG Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : KG Productions
- French distribution : KG Productions
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Michèle Ray Gavras
- Assistant Director : Alexandre Gavras
- Author of original work : J.M.G. Le Clezio
- Sound Recordist : Philippe Richard
- Screenwriter : Tony Gatlif
- Director of Photography : Éric Guichard
- Assistant Operators : Patrick Ghiringhelli, Claude Garnier
- Editor : Nicole Berckmans
- Sound Editor : Fabien Krzyzanowski
- Assistant editors : Caroline Chatriot, Pauline Dairou, Valérie Niddam
- Production Designer : Denis Mercier
- Sound Mixer : Dominique Gaborieau
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Themes : Childhood, Wandering
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1995
- French release : 17/04/1996
- Runtime : 1 h 20 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 86.747
- Visa issue date : 10/05/1995
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
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"This is the story of a ten-year-old boy from the countries living on the edge, those countries de-stroyed by misery and war: Albania, Romania, Kurdistan and so many others... It's the story of a street child and, through him, of all martyred children. Yet it's not a tragic tale. Mondo arrives in Nice, the epitome of a rich city. He could try to make everyone feel guilty. Instead, he has the courage to give, to give a smile. Mondo, the little prince, brings happiness to the outcasts in the street. It's a tale based on reality."
(Tony Gatlif)
