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SOPHIE

SOPHIE - THE STORY OF A BIG FRIENDSHIP

By Leif BRISTOW

ATLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR World

Family - Completed 2010

Sophie and her "pet", an elephant of her parents' zoo, are just best friends... one day, they are separated...

- Year of production
- 2010
- Genres
- Family
- Countries
- CANADA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 5 - 10 M$
- Duration
- 104 mn
- Director(s)
- Leif BRISTOW
- Writer(s)
- Leif BRISTOW
- Cast
- Brittany BRISTOW, John RHYS-DAVIES, Augustus PREW, Catherine O’HARA, Thure RIEFENSTEIN
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-D008-0000-Q-0000-0000-X
- EIDR
- 10.5240/B597-4736-871B-B851-4DF0-C
- Producer(s)
- Mary PANTELIDIS (Knightscove Media Corp.)
- Synopsis
- Growing up on the grounds of her parents’ family-operated zoo, sixteen-year-old Sophie’s life is focused on two great loves: ballet and animals. To afford the high tuition fee of a ballet school, Sophie’s parents sell Limba,, a 5-ton elephant and Sophie’s life long friend, to a travelling circus without discussing this issue with their daughter. Abandoning her previous dance dreams, Sophie sets off to reclaim Limba, charming her way into a summer job with the circus so she can keep an eye on the despiteful animal trainer. When Sophie falls in love with circus artist Blake, they both struggle to rescue Limba from the cruel circus environment and repatriate the Elephant...
- Beginning of shooting
- Jun 01, 2010