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Petite Maman

Original title: Petite maman
  • 2021
  • PG
  • 1h 13m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
15K
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Joséphine Sanz and Gabrielle Sanz in Petite Maman (2021)
Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her same age building a treehouse.
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Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age build... Read allNelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.

  • Director
    • Céline Sciamma
  • Writer
    • Céline Sciamma
  • Stars
    • Joséphine Sanz
    • Gabrielle Sanz
    • Nina Meurisse
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    15K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,903
    1,074
    • Director
      • Céline Sciamma
    • Writer
      • Céline Sciamma
    • Stars
      • Joséphine Sanz
      • Gabrielle Sanz
      • Nina Meurisse
    • 80User reviews
    • 196Critic reviews
    • 93Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 8 wins & 37 nominations total

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    Joséphine Sanz and Gabrielle Sanz in Petite Maman (2021)
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    Joséphine Sanz
    Joséphine Sanz
    • Nelly
    Gabrielle Sanz
    • Marion
    Nina Meurisse
    Nina Meurisse
    • La mère
    Stéphane Varupenne
    Stéphane Varupenne
    • Le père
    • (as Stéphane Varupenne de la Comédie Française)
    Margot Abascal
    Margot Abascal
    • La grand-mère
    Florès Cardo
    • Dame maison de retraite
    Josée Schuller
    • Dame maison de retraite
    Guylène Péan
    • Dame maison de retraite
    Hossein Rahmani Manesh
      • Director
        • Céline Sciamma
      • Writer
        • Céline Sciamma
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      • Trivia
        Céline Sciamma served as costume designer as well as writer and director for the film, as she did for Girlhood (2014).
      • Connections
        Featured in Radio Dolin: Dolin goes to Chukotka, talks about Ridley Scott's "The Last Duel" and chooses "Miss Twin Peaks" (2021)
      • Soundtracks
        La Musique du Futur
        Composed by Jean-Baptiste de Laubier

        Arranged by Arthur Simonini

        Lyrics by Céline Sciamma

        Interpreted by the Maîtrise Notre Dame de Paris

        © Lilies Films / Para One / Savoir Faire

        (p) 2021 Lilies Films

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      7/10
      A French Coming Of Age Sci-Fi Hybrid That's A Warm Bundle Of Cinematic Magic
      Petite Maman is a warm bundle of cinematic magic. Director Celina Sciamma's French coming of age sci-fi hybrid never gets too bogged down in tedious specifics of its fantastical set-up. Petit Maman bends time to tell the story about the bond between a daughter and her mother that transcends it.

      Petite Maman, which I had the pleasure of seeing at the Middleburg Film Festival, centers itself around a little girl named Nelly (Josephine Sanz) and her family, reeling after the death of a loved one, as they spend some time in Nelly's mother's childhood home. Nelly's mother leaves the family behind in the midst of the immense grief she's suffering, leaving her husband and daughter with little idea of when she'll return. In the meantime, Nelly ventures into the woods, where she meets and begins to pal around with a young girl, who she learns, by some twist of cosmic fate, is a much younger version of her own mother, who faces trials of her own. A single stretch of woods bridges decades between them. Together, they try to help each other cope in these moments of personal turmoil and Nelly can maybe get to understand why her mother left and what she's going through. This movie quite literally follows its two leads after their meeting, making food, building forts, making believe. Petit Maman uses those pastimes of youth to hit audiences with a surprisingly layered exploration of something as monumental as grief from a kid's perspective.

      I loved, loved, loved the setup of this movie-it doesn't ever seek to explain how Nelly and this younger version of her mother meet in terms of time and space, but it uses that heightened concept to speak to something more human. Here, two children reckon with fear and their powerlessness in the conflicts they face, and in the comfort and security they give each other lies the courage to face them.

      The lesson of Petite Maman is just to be there for the people you love in times of great difficulty.

      I give Petite Maman 3.5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 5 to 12. It's an understated, but moving little gem that I hope doesn't escape people's radar. By Benjamin P., KIDS FIRST!
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      • Release date
        • May 6, 2022 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • France
      • Official sites
        • Official site (Japan)
        • Official site (Taiwan)
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Little Mom
      • Filming locations
        • Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France
      • Production companies
        • Lilies Films
        • France 3 Cinéma
        • La Région Île-de-France
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      Box office

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      • Budget
        • €2,800,000 (estimated)
      • Gross US & Canada
        • $829,065
      • Opening weekend US & Canada
        • $45,764
        • Apr 24, 2022
      • Gross worldwide
        • $1,990,331
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 13 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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