Zoo is a fictionalised representation of true events.
Belfast Zoo had to shoot some of its animals during World War 2. The city had to withstand German air raids in 1941.
Some schoolkids led by Tom Hall rescue the baby elephant Buster from the zoo and hide it in the house of a reclusive, eccentric elderly lady. Her house is a menagerie.
Director Colin McIvor has made the most of the low budget. It really looks good on the screen.
It is an old fashioned family film, there is even a school bully who is a fly in the ointment and a grumpy zoo gatekeeper.
Several characters reveal a heart of gold. However there is also tragedy, those German bombs leave lasting damage behind.
Kids would enjoy this film, it is a light story with some sweetness and some darkness as well.
Belfast Zoo had to shoot some of its animals during World War 2. The city had to withstand German air raids in 1941.
Some schoolkids led by Tom Hall rescue the baby elephant Buster from the zoo and hide it in the house of a reclusive, eccentric elderly lady. Her house is a menagerie.
Director Colin McIvor has made the most of the low budget. It really looks good on the screen.
It is an old fashioned family film, there is even a school bully who is a fly in the ointment and a grumpy zoo gatekeeper.
Several characters reveal a heart of gold. However there is also tragedy, those German bombs leave lasting damage behind.
Kids would enjoy this film, it is a light story with some sweetness and some darkness as well.