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Little Nicholas

Original title: Le Petit Nicolas
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
15K
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Little Nicholas (2009)
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Nicholas has every reason to keep things in life unchanged; however, when he accidentally overhears mum and dad talking about a new baby brother, his world will turn upside down. Will they a... Read allNicholas has every reason to keep things in life unchanged; however, when he accidentally overhears mum and dad talking about a new baby brother, his world will turn upside down. Will they abandon him to make room for the little stranger?Nicholas has every reason to keep things in life unchanged; however, when he accidentally overhears mum and dad talking about a new baby brother, his world will turn upside down. Will they abandon him to make room for the little stranger?

  • Director
    • Laurent Tirard
  • Writers
    • Laurent Tirard
    • Grégoire Vigneron
    • Alain Chabat
  • Stars
    • Maxime Godart
    • Vincent Claude
    • Charles Vaillant
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    15K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Laurent Tirard
    • Writers
      • Laurent Tirard
      • Grégoire Vigneron
      • Alain Chabat
    • Stars
      • Maxime Godart
      • Vincent Claude
      • Charles Vaillant
    • 26User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations total

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    Maxime Godart
    Maxime Godart
    • Nicolas
    Vincent Claude
    Vincent Claude
    • Alceste
    Charles Vaillant
    • Geoffroy
    Victor Carles
    • Clotaire
    Benjamin Averty
    • Eudes
    Germain Petit Damico
    Germain Petit Damico
    • Rufus
    Damien Ferdel
    Damien Ferdel
    • Agnan
    Virgile Tirard
    • Joachim
    Elisa Heusch
    • Marie-Edwige
    Valérie Lemercier
    Valérie Lemercier
    • La mère de Nicolas
    Kad Merad
    Kad Merad
    • Le père de Nicolas
    Sandrine Kiberlain
    Sandrine Kiberlain
    • La maîtresse
    François-Xavier Demaison
    François-Xavier Demaison
    • Le bouillon
    Michel Duchaussoy
    Michel Duchaussoy
    • Le directeur
    Daniel Prévost
    Daniel Prévost
    • M. Moucheboume
    Michel Galabru
    Michel Galabru
    • Le ministre
    Anémone
    Anémone
    • Mlle Navarin
    François Damiens
    François Damiens
    • Blédur
    • Director
      • Laurent Tirard
    • Writers
      • Laurent Tirard
      • Grégoire Vigneron
      • Alain Chabat
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      At one point one of the boys brings French magazine "Pilote" which features part of the first "Asterix" comic story and the boys get the idea to scam people into thinking they invented the magic potion from "Asterix". Both "Asterix" and "Le petit Nicholas" where created by Rene Goscinny in 1959. The scam also mimics the scene from the very first Asterix story where Getafix the Druid and Asterix trick the Roman soldiers into thinking they drink the magic potion.
    • Goofs
      Plastic garbage bags only became widespread in the mid '70s. In the late '50s and early '60s, garbage was directly put in large metal bins and taken to the curb on collection days.
    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits are projected on animated, folding paper art.
    • Connections
      Featured in Die Synchron-Kids zu 'Der kleine Nick' (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Sleepwalk
      Written by Johnny Farina, Ann Farina and Santo Farina

    User reviews26

    Featured review
    10/10

    A hilarious and a beautiful movie!

    This movie is amazing. It is not often that I go to see a foreign movie, but people had told me how good this one was so I just went. And I do not regret it.

    The actors all seem to fit perfectly for their part. I found it hard to imagine how they were any different in real life. One gets kind of nostalgic, seeing those children in their school uniforms. The story is just wonderful, and it is really, really humorous, the entire audience laughed throughout the movie. It is not that kind of funny in the way normal Adam Sandler and those Hollywood movies are. It has something more to it, it is not, well, hollow (cannot really describe it). The way the director has got this set up, to see the world the way a kid sees it, to look into what's going through their mind, this is all just wonderful. I walked out of there with a little smile on, I was all fuzzy after having laughed so much.

    I would really like it if my town would start showing more foreign movies like this one.
    • egillsigurdur
    • Jan 24, 2010
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    • Release date
      • September 30, 2009 (Belgium)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Belgium
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Japan)
      • SCOPE Invest (Belgium)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Nhóc Nicolas
    • Filming locations
      • Boulevard Emile Augier, Paris 16, Paris, France(telephone booth scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Fidélité Productions
      • IMAV Editions
      • Wild Bunch
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €22,700,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $62,794,894
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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