Boniface's Holiday

Boniface's Holiday (1965) — watch online on iFILM — is a Soviet animated short directed by Fyodor Khitruk, based on a story by Czech author Miloš Macourek. A warm-hearted circus lion travels to Africa to visit his grandmother and finally get some rest. The local children have other ideas.

Khitruk made this four years before his celebrated Soviet Winnie-the-Pooh series. Same light hand, same warmth without sentimentality. Twenty-one minutes, rated 6+. Stream Boniface's Holiday (1965) online on iFILM.