When a zoo director with lost memory buys a lion for a new attraction, it is accompanied by a mysterious woman who seeks revenge on him for shooting her father dead when they both were young, a traumatic incident he can’t recall himself.

SYNOPSIS:

Business is going badly at the small and rundown zoo. The director, Paul, has a nightmare. It has three lions and a lot of blood in it. Paul decides to get a new attraction, a lion, to bring in visitors, but Paul's resentful partner, Larsen, runs the business negligently. He doesn't want the business to be profitable. He wants to take over it himself. Suffering from sexual fatigue, Paul wants a divorce from his wife, but Marie refuses to sign the necessary papers. "I own you, Paully," she claims. Paul starts to drink again. He worries. He's getting old. Paul experienced a traumatic incident when he was a boy. He lost his memory then, and he's confused. He can't remember where he comes from. Frank, his psychologist, tries to help him to re-discover himself. A big furious lion, Cesar, arrives accompanied by a very attractive woman, Lucy. One night Cesar escapes from his cage. Marie goes missing and later she's found dead on the zoo’s grounds. Blood has been shed. The police are certain that Paul's behind Marie's death, and they put him in jail. The lions in Paul's nightmare haunt him as he starts to regain his lost memory; something deadly is going on behind his back. Paul plays a nasty game with Lucy, trying to seduce her, but instead he ends up with a terrible headache when she slams a bottle over his head. Frank realizes that Lucy may have a motive for her strange actions, and he convinces the police that Paul is innocent. Inspector Hauger gives him permission to continue with Paul's treatment. The lions in Paul's nightmare continue to haunt him; Lucy's out for revenge on Paul for shooting her father dead when they both were young, and one rainy night she sets in motion a plan so that Paul reveals his past before the eyes of the police, Frank, Larsen and Cesar. A lot of blood has to be shed when Cesar chokes Lucy to death before Paul finally re-discovers

himself. Happy ending and no more worries.

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