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Besides the stray dog Mingus, 11 year old Sophia has no real friends. She is pushed around by the "Beastie boys", a gang of street kids who have built an entire camp in the trees of a junk yard. One day Sophia hears that the yard is ordered to be cut down by Carlow, the mayor.

Mingus, who lives in the yard, will be taken away and put to sleep. Sophia is shocked but just then she meets a gypsy, who lends her an old leather ball. For five days only. The ball is alive and may just be able to help her saving the yard. And indeed the ball proves being an amazing character. It makes objects fly and communicates with Sophia through whistling, and successfully attacks Carlow's bodyguard "Sweetlove". Sophia is accepted in the gang.

She realises that the ball might chase the mayor's men off the yard. Yet, Sophia discovers that even great magic sometimes has dark sides: when Sophia's new friend Romeo tries to kiss her, the ball grows jealous and turns vicious... Her plans and everything seems to go downhill again...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204870/

Le ballon sorcier
"Le ballon sorcier"

A onze ans, la petite Sophia vit seule avec sa mère et n'a pour toute compagnie qu'un chien fidèle, Mingus, qui vit dans un parc à l'abandon. Les gamins du quartier ne sont pas tendres avec elle, et en particulier les «Beastie Boys», une bande de jeunes délinquants qui passent justement leurs journées dans le parc où se réfugie la petite fille. Mais un jour, Sophia entend que Carlow, le maire, projette la construction d'un immeuble à l'emplacement du parc. Affolée pour Mingus, elle court et fait la rencontre d'un forain, qui lui confie un vieux ballon de cuir pour cinq jours. A sa grande surprise, cet objet a des propriétés magiques.

Le ballon sorcier - Film-Jeunesse, Bel/P-B 1999 Mittwoch, 26.05.2004
Beginn: 00.00 Uhr Ende: 01.30 Uhr Länge: 90 Min.


Darsteller: Avec Martje Ceulemans (Sophia), Hilde Van Mieghem (Anne), Ernst Löw (Sweetlove), Rijk de Gooijer (le maire Carlow), Michaël Pas (Vermeer), Jonas De Ro (Roméo), Julien Schoenaerts (le gitan), Luc Philips (un membre du conseil communal)
Author: Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem
Musik: Vincent D'Hondt
Original Titel: De bal
Regie: Danny Deprez et Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem

popdrome wrote:Well friends, I've found a VHS of it and ripped it. Quality is not great, but watchable. It's the original Warner Bros Family release from 1998 (it's from 98 - not, as IMDb says, from '99).

The girl playing Sophia is a beauty!

here's the link:
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Enjoy!

Oh I forgot to mention: language is Dutch - there are no subs.

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