Listen to the Lion (film)

Listen to the Lion is a 1977 short feature from Australia.

A Sydney derelict lies drunk in an alley and is beaten up by thugs. A friend helps him find refuge in a night shelter. As he lies dying he has a vision of himself flying about the room. The man dies and after the cremation of his corpse, his spirit returns to the footpath.

• Wyn Roberts as Hunter
• Barry Lovett as one legged man
• Syd Heylen as Hunter's friend
• John Derum as evangelist

The film was written by Robert Hill, a former journalist who spent months researching the life of homeless people in Sydney. A substantial portion of the budget was provided by the General Production Fund of the Australian Film Commission.^[1]

The film won Greater Union Award for Best Fiction Film at the 1977 Sydney Film Festival and the Robert Mamoulian Award for the most distinguished Australian short film.^[1]

Although shot before Storm Boy (1976), also directed by Henri Safran, it was not released until after that film.

• Listen to the Lion at IMDb
• Listen to the Lion at Oz Movies

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