After some argument, Ankica convinces Ludovic to leave the zoo with her and her son. Ludovic tries to rescue the monkeys but they succumb to the flames, smoke, and trauma.

That night, the zoo's monkey house is hit by artillery. The following morning, Ludovic feeds the body of the militiaman to a lion. Returning to the cabin, Ankica and Ludovic reconcile and develop feelings for each other. Ankica searches for her son but he avoids her. Ludovic and Ankica eventually discover that her son has gunned down the militiaman Slavko. When Ludovic discovers that Ankica has been reading through his diaries, he angrily orders them to leave. Ludovic comforts the distraught Zioig, who is troubled by the suffering zoo animals. While Dragov and one of his men Slavko (Srdjan Simeonovich) search the barn, Ludovic distracts them by giving them a lion cub as a mascot.Īfter the militiamen leave, Ankica kisses Ludovic out of gratitude.

When Dragov and his militia return to seize the animals for food, Ludovic hides Ankica inside a barn. While Ludovic spends time with Zioig, Ankica reads through Ludovic's diaries. Ankica also begs Ludovic to be kind to her son in order to help him. While at the zoo’s butchery, Ankica recounts her experiences in a prison camp where she was raped by a guard who used to be her neighbor. Taking pity on them, Ludovic decides to allow Zioig and his mother to stay.Īfter a blood-stained Zioig returns with cigarettes taken from a man he purportedly found dead, Ankica confides in Ludovic that she is losing touch with her son. Zioig complies but later returns with a woman, who identifies herself as Zioig’s mother Ankica ( Gina McKee). After feeding Zioig, Ludovic tells him that he has to leave the next day because his presence would endanger him. When the boy faints, Ludovic takes pity on him and tends to the boy's leg wound with antibiotics. Later, Zioig returns and forces his way into Ludovic's cabin with a gun. The following morning, Ludovic buries a dead man he finds strung up outside. Ludovic is forced to look after the animals alone. When Ludovic protests, Dragov replies that they will let him go if he is innocent. The following morning, Dragov and his militia visit the zoo and arrests the Vet because he is of a different race. The Vet tells Ludovic that good men do the right thing in bad times. Amidst the fighting, Ludovic befriends the Vet while drinking. While visiting the wolves' pen, Ludovic encounters the orphaned Zioig and tells the boy to leave. Ludovic develops an attachment to a female gibbon named 'Luisa.' Ludovic moves into the zoo and helps the veterinarian to look after the animals. Despite lacking identity papers, Dragov lets him through because they are of the same race.

Back in the capital city, Ludovic encounters the militia leader Dragov ( Ulrich Thomsen) at a checkpoint. During the journey, he jumps out of the truck while the peacekeepers are asleep and steals two boxes of supplies. Due to scarce supplies, they are forced to put the animals on rations.Įlsewhere, the orphaned Zioig is picked up by a truck carrying United Nations peacekeepers. With the city under siege, Ludovic volunteers to help the Indian veterinarian ( Om Puri) to look after the animals until they can safely evacuate them. He receives a letter from his estranged daughter Anna in Paris who wants to reconcile with her father. Meanwhile in the capital city, a former Interior Ministry official and Communist party member named Ludovic ( Sam Neill) works at a zoo. The soldiers kill the men but Zioig manages to escape. While being transported in a truck, Zioig's father (Mikulás Kren) tells his son that he is a man now and that grown men don't cry.

Ten year old Zioig (Javor Loznica) is separated from his mother. In an unspecified Eastern European country, soldiers round up the inhabitants of a village.

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