Directed by Carroll Ballard in 2005. Xan, his father Peter and his mother Kristin, live in a farm in the middle of the African savanna. One day, while driving to the farm, Xan and his father find a young lost cheetah they decide to keep and rear. A few months later, the cheetah, named Duma (Cheetah in Swahili) by Xan, has become a superb animal that has to be released now in the wild. But Peter suddenly dies and Kristin and her son must move to the city. Xan who doesn't want to sell Duma runs away with the animal, takes his father's motorcycle and heads to a farther preserve where he intends to release Duma.
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While Kristin is trying to locate him, Xan is now in the middle of a desert where he meets Ripkuna, a man who's decided to come back to his tribe after having spent a few years in the most important cities of the country. Ripkuna would like to make some money by selling Duma to a circus but the smart Xan manages to get rid of him by leaving him in an abandoned diamond mine. Later, Xan must cross with Duma a river filled with crocodiles. Then, he's attacked by lions and he's saved by Duma and Ripkuna who followed him. Near his village, Ripkuma is bitten by Tse-Tse flies and gets sick. Xan tries to reach the village in order to find help.
The review of this Movie prepared by Daniel Staebler
