Softie

There is something about 'coming of age' movies, that if done well, have the ability to reach out and touch you, whether you have directly experienced the incidents depicted in the films or not. And Petite Nature (Softie) is done very well.

Director, Samuel Theis has discovered in Aliocha Reinart, a precocious talent who has the potential to become an international star if the adults around him shepherd him in the right direction.

At around the 1:15:00 mark, Reinart delivers and furious, cathartic outburst towards his mother and other family members that was so powerful I had to rewind the film and watch it again.

It does not surprise me in the least that Reinart was nominated 'Most Promising Actor' at both the 2023 French, César Awards, and Lumiere Awards for his role in Petite Nature, and deservedly so.

Given this wonderful debut performance, Aliocha Reinert is definitely a name - and a face, to watch.

Oh, and of course, I highly recommend readers seek this film out, and watch it for themselves. There is nothing 'petite' or 'soft' about this powerful film.