Max and the Cats number of zoo animals caged in the hold—but after being rescued and making a life for himself in Brazil continues to find his German past impossible to escape. The novel came to widespread public attention in 2002 when Canadian writer Yann Martel won the Man Booker Prize for "Life of Pi". Martel's novel is about a boy, Pi, who finds himself trapped on a boat with a tiger after the ship he and his family are sailing on sinks. The family were zookeepers, and the animals they were transporting in the hold sink with the rest of the ship, except
Yann Samuell Yann Samuell Yann Samuell (born 7 June 1965) is a French film director and screenwriter. Samuell went to film school and was a storyboard artist before becoming a director. He had his directing debut in 2003 with "Love Me If You Dare." His second film was the romantic comedy "My Sassy Girl" (2008). Additional works include "L'âge de raison" (2010). Samuell was screenwriter and director of a 2011 adaptation of Louis Pergaud's popular novel, "La guerre des boutons." This adaptation is set in the 1960s, with the Algerian War as a backdrop. It is produced by Marc du Pontavice. An