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The Little Room (2010)

The Little Room poster
Original title
La Petite Chambre
Directed by
Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
Genre
drama film
Country
Switzerland
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
12
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An elderly man resists help from a home carer. Over time their relationship shifts as they find common ground.

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What happens

The Little Room (French: La petite chambre) is a 2010 Swiss-Luxembourg drama film directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, about the relationship between an elderly man and his home carer. It won the Swiss Film Awards for Best Fiction Film and Best Screenplay in 2011, and was selected as Switzerland’s submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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