My Life as a Zucchini (2016)

Original title

Ma vie de courgette

Directed by

Claude Barras

Genre

comedy drama

Country

France

Runtime

1h 06m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 1,523 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stop-motion animated film about a young boy named Courgette who goes to live in a group home after his mother dies. He finds friendship and a new family with the other children there.

gentlepoignantheartfeltwarmtenderhopefulmelancholicintimate

What happens

My Life as a Courgette (French: Ma vie de Courgette; also titled My Life as a Zucchini in North America and Australia) is a 2016 stop-motion animated comedy-drama film directed by Claude Barras, and co-written by Céline Sciamma. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. This is the second adaptation of Gilles Paris' 2002 novel Autobiographie d'une Courgette, as there was a French live-action television film adaptation called C'est mieux la vie quand on est grand which aired in 2007 by Luc Béraud. The film received acclaim from critics, with many praising the film's visual aesthetic, emotional depth, and sympathetic characters. It won Best Animated Film and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 42nd César Awards. At the 89th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film and was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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